Near Kumaranwali dhok, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 55.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amb Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, green, sandy limestone

• Sandy greenish limestone with ironstone pebbles

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125816: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes vialis n. sp." = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) vialis
"Chonetes vialis n. sp." = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) vialis Reed 1944
K34.699, ?698 (Chonetes carbonifera var. vialis)
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
K34.698
Streptorhynchus lenticularis Waagen 1884
K34.700
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) cf. kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari, "Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) cf. kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari Bion 1928
K34.697
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
K34.697
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigerella numismalis, "Spirigerella longa" = Spirigerella numismalis longa, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) acutomarginalis" = Cleiothyridina acutomarginalis
Spirigerella numismalis Waagen 1883
K34.702
"Spirigerella longa" = Spirigerella numismalis longa Reed 1944
K34.702 (Spirigerella numismalis var. longa)
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava Waagen 1883
K34.697
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) acutomarginalis" = Cleiothyridina acutomarginalis Waagen 1883
K34.701