Where: Pakistan (25.5° N, 63.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 61.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Parkini Mudstone Formation, Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; unlithified, gray, green mudstone
Collection methods: 35 combined samples.... section in text breaks up in to some subsamples, but not all and the taxonomic list in the back of the paper is the most comprehensive.
Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1984. Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Makran Coast, Pakistan. In B. U. Haq, J. D. Milliman (eds.), Marine geology and oceanography of Arabian Sea and Coastal Pakistan 45-61 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55397: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 17.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Verticordiidae indet. Stoliczka 1871 clam | |
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Pitaria sp. Roemer 1857 venus clam
Macrocallista "sp. A" Meek 1876 venus clam
? Timoclea sp. Brown 1827 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Mactrinula sp. Gray 1853 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara "sp. A" Gray 1847 ark
"Anadara granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Vanikoro cf. cancellata Lamarck 1822 snail | |
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? Rapana sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail |