Middle of hill near pt. 1185, bed r slope, K30.183-211, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° S, 55.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amb Formation, Wordian (268.8 - 265.1 Ma)

• Bed "r". From steep slopes of sandy brittle layers with large productids, below main Fusulina limestone and above lowermost Fusulina calcareous sandstone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

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 125853: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.03.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• List for this locality is split into three groups in Reed's paper with no explanation.
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
K30.203
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) spiralis" = Costiferina spiralis
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) spiralis" = Costiferina spiralis Waagen 1884
K30.184
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia (Heteralosia) plicosa" = Licharewiella plicosa, "Strophalosia (Heteralosia) sp." = Heteralosia, Strophalosia (Heteralosia) tenuispina, "Strophalosia (Heteralosia) nodosa" = Echinalosia nodosa
"Strophalosia (Heteralosia) plicosa" = Licharewiella plicosa Waagen 1884
K30.183
"Strophalosia (Heteralosia) sp." = Heteralosia King 1938
K30.209, 211
Strophalosia (Heteralosia) tenuispina Waagen 1884
K30.183, ?207
"Strophalosia (Heteralosia) nodosa" = Echinalosia nodosa Waagen 1884
K30.183
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) sp." = Taeniothaerus, "Productus (Taeniothaerus) notabilis n. sp." = Taeniothaerus notabilis
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) sp." = Taeniothaerus Whitehouse 1928
K30.185
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) notabilis n. sp." = Taeniothaerus notabilis Reed 1944
K30.186
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) aequiplicata" = Spiriferellina aequiplicata
"Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) aequiplicata" = Spiriferellina aequiplicata Reed 1944
K30.191
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
""Spiriferina" (Spiriferellina) subcristata" = Odontospirifer subcristatus
""Spiriferina" (Spiriferellina) subcristata" = Odontospirifer subcristatus Netschajew 1900
K30.193
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spirifer (Paeckelmannella) niger" = Pteroplecta niger, Johncarteria devia
"Spirifer (Paeckelmannella) niger" = Pteroplecta niger Waagen 1883
var. protracta K30.191, 192
Johncarteria devia Reed 1944
Previously Spirifer (Paeckelmannella) niger devia, K30.191
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Martiniopsis subpentagonalis Waagen 1883
K30.197, 202
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
K30.190
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris" sp., Spirigerella numismalis, "Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava
"Athyris" sp.
K30.194, 201, 208
Spirigerella numismalis Waagen 1883
K30.204, 208
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) semiconcava" = Cleiothyridina semiconcava Waagen 1883
K30.199, 200, var. tumida K30.198
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Uncinella ? paucicostata Reed 1944
K30.206
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Hemiptychina ? sparsiplicata Waagen 1882
K30.196
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma vicinale n. sp. Reed 1944
K30.195
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
"Hemipytchina (Beecheria) sublaevis" = Fredericksolasma sublaevis
"Hemipytchina (Beecheria) sublaevis" = Fredericksolasma sublaevis Waagen 1882
K30.196