Hajashitk 62PM-45, Chapursan Valley (Permian of Pakistan)

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

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Hunzina electa Angiolini 1995
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Permochonetes pamiricus Afanasjeva 1977