Fossil Bed F.2519, Zinda Pir (Eocene of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (30.4° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 66.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Drazinda Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Upper Chocolate Clays (upper part, local zone 13). Lower half of Drazinda formation in Zinda Pir belongs to planktonic foram zone P13/P14, although the upper half is P15 (Warraich & Nishi, 2003).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by F.E. Eames; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183853: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Rhizorus pakistanicus n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
Roxania pseudosemistriata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia pakistanica n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) pakistanica n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira punjabensis Eames 1952 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
? Coptostoma rakhiense Eames 1952 snail
? Coptostoma punjabense Eames 1952 snail
"Cancellaria" soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Sparella) rakhiensis Eames 1952 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula "sp. A" Schumacher 1817 snail
Turricula praepromensis Eames 1952 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris (Gemmula) pakistanica n. sp. Eames 1952 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Prunum) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 margin shell
Marginella (Prunum) pseudoorientalis Eames 1952 margin shell
Marginella (Serrata) pakistanica Eames 1952 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Muricopsis bulbosinucleus n. sp. Eames 1952 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora (Eocautor) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Stiracolpus) pakistanica n. sp., "Turritella (Haustator) imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
Turritella (Stiracolpus) pakistanica n. sp. Eames 1952 turret shell
"Turritella (Haustator) imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acrilla (? Undiscala) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 wentletrap
Cirsotrema diversiformis n. sp. Eames 1952 wentletrap
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae