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

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 71.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 56.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Stachella beds of the Ceratite Sandstone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

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 143629: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Danubitidae
"Celtites" subrectangularis Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
"Meekoceras falcatum n. sp." = Xenodiscoides falcatus, Flemingites nanus n. sp.
"Meekoceras falcatum n. sp." = Xenodiscoides falcatus Waagen 1895 ceratite
Flemingites nanus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Dinaritidae
"Dinarites" coronatus Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Koninckites" radiatus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
Paranorites ambiensis n. gen. n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
"Proptychites" plicatus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras rota Waagen 1895 ceratite