Where: Pakistan (36.7° N, 74.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° S, 65.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lupghar Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Fantini Sestini attributes fossils to Gircha Formation, but Angiolini (1995) assigns them to the Hunzina electa range zone of Member 1 of the Lupghar Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by E. Martina, R. Galimberti in 1962
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1965. Permian fossils of the upper Hunza valley. In A. Desio (ed.), Italian Expeditions to the Karakorum (K2) and Hindu Kush. IV - Paleontology-Zoology-Botany 135-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123217: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Hunzina electa Angiolini 1995 | |
Strophomenata | |
Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884 | |
Permochonetes pamiricus Afanasjeva 1977 |