Where: Sindh, Pakistan (25.2° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 57.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Sohnari Formation (Ranikot Group), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collected by GPS and USGS

Collection methods: core

• Investigation by the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GPS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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•"The samples were processed using normal palynological techniques of HCl; HF; HNO3; short centrifugation with soapy water to remove fines; heavy liquid separation using a ZnCl2 liquid of 1.8 s.g.; staining with Bismarck brown; and screening on 10 µm sieves. Thes residues were mounted in glycerine jelly."

Primary reference: N. Frederiksen. 1990. Palynological contribution to geologic mapping of coal-bearing upper Paleocene rocks in the lower Indus coal region, Pakistan. Open-File Report 90-243:43more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237201: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Hannah Morck on 26.11.2024

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