Chidroo, topmost Upper Ceratite Limestone, 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: Upper Ceratite Limestone 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 143637: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
"Acrochordiceras compressum n. sp." = Wasatchites distractus
"Acrochordiceras compressum n. sp." = Wasatchites distractus Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
"Ceratites" disculus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
"Ceratites" dimorphus n. sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite