Landu section LAN-B5, Surghar Range (Triassic of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (33.0° N, 71.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 57.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Niveaux Intermediaires Member (Mianwali Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bucher, Hautmann, Hermann, Ware in 2009, 2010

• Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ)

Primary reference: M. Wasmer, M. Hautmann, E. Hermann, D. Ware, G. Roohi, K. Ur-Rehman, A. Yaseen and H. Bucher. 2012. Olenekian (Early Triassic) bivalves from the Salt Range and Surghar Range, Pakistan. Palaeontology 55:1043-1073 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133710: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Palaeoneilo fortistriata Wasmer and Hautmann 2012 clam