Banschang, E of Chhidru, probably mixture of beds 1 and 2, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 55.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Probably a mixture of beds 1 and 2 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 126940: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon triangularis Waagen 1880 snail
K29.943, 942
Bellerophon affinis Waagen 1880 snail
K29.944
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus indicus" = Euphemites indicus
"Euphemus indicus" = Euphemites indicus Waagen 1880 snail
K29.942, 943
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
"Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) punjabicus" = Sinuitina punjabica
"Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) punjabicus" = Sinuitina punjabica Reed 1944 snail
K29.943
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
""Pleurotomaria" (Baylea) durga" = Baylea durga
""Pleurotomaria" (Baylea) durga" = Baylea durga Waagen 1880 snail
K29.940
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrochilina avellanoides" = Soleniscus avellanoides
"Macrochilina avellanoides" = Soleniscus avellanoides de Koninck 1863 snail
K29.945
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus atavus" = Lithophaga atavus
"Lithodomus atavus" = Lithophaga atavus Waagen 1881 mussel
K29.934
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris (Cleiothyridina) dalmiriensis" = Cleiothyridina dalmiriensis Reed 1944
K29.932
"Athyris" sp.
K29.935
"Athyris" naliensis Reed 1944
K29.931 (either "Mentzelia" naliensis, Pugnas (Wellerella) naliensis, or nomen nudum)
Spirigerella derbyi Waagen 1883
K29.936, 937
Spirigerella praelonga Waagen 1883
var. carinata K29.938
Spirigerella hybrida Waagen 1883
K29.936
""Athyris" (Composita) protea" = Araxathyris protea Abich 1878
var. patula K29.931
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
? Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
K29.939
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
? Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
K29.941
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris praelecta Reed 1944
K29.933
Notothyris ghundiensis Reed 1944
K29.933
Strophomenata
 Productida -
"Marginifera ornata" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata, "Marginifera banschangensis" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata
"Marginifera ornata" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata Waagen 1884
K29.923
"Marginifera banschangensis" = Marginifera (Marginifera) ornata Waagen 1884
K29.923, 925, 928
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) indicus" = Costiferina indica
"Productus (Dictyoclostus) indicus" = Costiferina indica Waagen 1884
K29.922
 Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella nasuta Waagen 1884
K29.924, 926
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia regularis Waagen 1884
K29.930
Derbyia hemisphaerica Waagen 1884
K29.929
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes (Dienerella) squamulifera" = Waagenites squamulifera, "Chonetes (Dienerella) aequicosta" = Waagenites aequicosta
"Chonetes (Dienerella) squamulifera" = Waagenites squamulifera Waagen 1884
K29.941
"Chonetes (Dienerella) aequicosta" = Waagenites aequicosta Waagen 1884
K29.927