Khewra, valley above salt mine, Salt Range (Cambrian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.7° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° S, 166.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Obolus beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.B. Wynne

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1885. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 5. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):729-770 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127607: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
"Neobolus warthi" = Neobolus warthi, "Neobolus wynnei" = Neobolus warthi, "Davidsonella linguloides" = Neobolus warthi
"Neobolus warthi" = Neobolus warthi Waagen 1885
"Neobolus wynnei" = Neobolus warthi Waagen 1885
"Davidsonella linguloides" = Neobolus warthi Waagen 1885
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Schizopholis rugosa n. gen. n. sp.
Schizopholis rugosa n. gen. n. sp. Waagen 1885
 Lingulida - Obolidae
"Lingula kiurensis n. sp." = Lingulella kiurensis, "Lingula warthi n. sp." = Lingulella kiurensis
"Lingula kiurensis n. sp." = Lingulella kiurensis Waagen 1885
"Lingula warthi n. sp." = Lingulella kiurensis Waagen 1885