Nanga, lowest Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range (Triassic of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° S, 56.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation, Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• Lowest beds of the Lower Ceratite Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 143845: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
"Prionolobus compressus n. sp." = Gyronites frequens, "Gyronites nangaensis n. sp." = Gyronites frequens
"Prionolobus compressus n. sp." = Gyronites frequens Waagen 1895 ceratite
"Gyronites nangaensis n. sp." = Gyronites frequens Waagen 1895 ceratite