Right bank Bakh ravine, top cliff lst, ENE of Musa Khel, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° S, 55.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wargal Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Top of Middle Productus cliff limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey of India

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 126295: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
K32.822, 823
Bellerophon cf. vigilii Stache 1877 snail
K32.822
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) cf. zewanensis" = Spiriferellina zewanensis, "Spiriferina nasuta" = Spiriferellina nasuta, "Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) cf. zewanensis" = Spiriferellina zewanensis Diener 1915
K32.824
"Spiriferina nasuta" = Spiriferellina nasuta Waagen 1883
K32.828
"Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
var. commixta K32.828
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina cf. multiplicata" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata
"Spiriferina cf. multiplicata" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829
var.? K32.824
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Hemiptychina himalayensis Davidson 1862
K32.826
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris inflata Waagen 1882
K32.815
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigerella proxima Reed 1944
K32.830
Spirigerella derbyi Waagen 1883
K32.821, var. acuteplicata K32.821
"Athyris" sp.
K32.829
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) subexpansa" = Cleiothyridina subexpansa Waagen 1883
K32.827
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) ambiensis" = Betaneospirifer ambiensis, "Spirifer (Neospirifer) musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis, ""Spirifer" (Elivina) cf. blasii" = Blasispirifer blasii
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) ambiensis" = Betaneospirifer ambiensis Waagen 1883
K32.830
"Spirifer (Neospirifer) musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Davidson 1862
K32.814
""Spirifer" (Elivina) cf. blasii" = Blasispirifer blasii de Verneuil 1845
K32.828
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia warthi Waagen 1883
K32.817
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus (Ruthenia) purdoni" = Contraspina purdoni, "Productus (Waagenoconcha) abichi" = Waagenoconcha (Gruntoconcha) abichi
"Productus (Ruthenia) purdoni" = Contraspina purdoni Davidson 1862
var. prolongata K32.820
"Productus (Waagenoconcha) abichi" = Waagenoconcha (Gruntoconcha) abichi Waagen 1884
K32.831
 Productida -
"Marginifera ornata" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata
"Marginifera ornata" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata Waagen 1884
K32.811
 Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella nasuta Waagen 1884
K32.810
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) indicus" = Costiferina indica
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) indicus" = Costiferina indica Waagen 1884
K32.813
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Kiangsiella pectiniformis Davidson 1862
K32.825
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes (Dienerella) squamulifera" = Waagenites squamulifera, "Chonetes (Dienerella) dichotoma" = Waagenites dichotoma
"Chonetes (Dienerella) squamulifera" = Waagenites squamulifera Waagen 1884
K32.809
"Chonetes (Dienerella) dichotoma" = Waagenites dichotoma Waagen 1884
var. bilotensis K32.809, var. pluriplicata K32.809