Chidroo, Stachella beds, Salt Range (Triassic of Pakistan)

Also known as Chhidru

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 56.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ceratite Sandstone Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. Waagen

• Repository: probably Geological Survey of India

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143622: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus jaeckeli n. sp. Waagen 1895 elasmobranch
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
"Aspidites" arenosus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
"Aspidites" magnumbilicatus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Flemingites glaber n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
"Parakymatites discoides n. gen. n. sp." = Mesohedenstroemia kwangsiana
"Parakymatites discoides n. gen. n. sp." = Mesohedenstroemia kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Meekoceras magnumbilicatum n. sp." = Paranorites magnumbilicatum
"Meekoceras magnumbilicatum n. sp." = Paranorites magnumbilicatum Waagen 1895 ceratite