Bridle-path to Uchhali near divide above Kumaranwali dhok, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° S, 56.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chhidru Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Upper Bellerophon bed of Upper Productus limestone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

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 126883: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
? Xenodiscus sp. Waagen 1879 ceratite
K34.631
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Plagioglypta herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum
"Plagioglypta herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum de Koninck 1863 tusk shell
K34.627
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
K34.618, 619, 620, 621
Bellerophon triangularis Waagen 1880 snail
K34.616
"Bellerophon orientalis" = Bellerophon (Bellerophon) orientalis de Koninck 1863 snail
K34.616, 619
"Bellerophon jonesianus" = Waagenella jonesianus de Koninck 1863 snail
K34.621
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus indicus" = Euphemites indicus
"Euphemus indicus" = Euphemites indicus Waagen 1880 snail
K34.616, 617, 618, 621
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
"Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) punjabicus" = Sinuitina punjabica
"Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) punjabicus" = Sinuitina punjabica Reed 1944 snail
K34.620
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria (Plocostoma) punjabica" = Callistadia punjabica
"Pleurotomaria (Plocostoma) punjabica" = Callistadia punjabica Waagen 1880 snail
K34.624
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
""Pleurotomaria" (Phymatopleura) uchhaliensis n. sp." = Phymatopleura uchhaliensis, ""Pleurotomaria" (Phymatopleura) paraliensis" = Phymatopleura paraliensis
""Pleurotomaria" (Phymatopleura) uchhaliensis n. sp." = Phymatopleura uchhaliensis Reed 1944 snail
K34.623, 625
""Pleurotomaria" (Phymatopleura) paraliensis" = Phymatopleura paraliensis Reed 1944 snail
K34.624
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
""Macrocheilina" (Sphaerodoma) cf. intercalaris" = Strobeus intercalaris
""Macrocheilina" (Sphaerodoma) cf. intercalaris" = Strobeus intercalaris Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
K34.626, 622
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
""Solemya" cf. biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
""Solemya" cf. biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam
K34.615
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
K34.629
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Aviculopecten subgranosus" = Streblochondria subgranosa
"Aviculopecten subgranosus" = Streblochondria subgranosa Waagen 1881 scallop
K34.609
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
K34.613
Schizodus pinguis Waagen 1881 clam
K34.614
Schizodus cardissa Waagen 1881 clam
K34.613
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) capillata" = Cleiothyridina capillata Waagen 1883
K34.608
Spirigerella sp. Waagen 1883
K34.630
Spirigerella derbyi Waagen 1883
K34.611, var. acuteplicata K34.611
Spirigerella praelonga Waagen 1883
var. carinata K34.611
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Hemiptychina himalayensis Davidson 1862
K34.612
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
K34.605, 607
Derbyia grandis Waagen 1884
K34.606
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
K34.610