Where: Pakistan (30.2° N, 67.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 66.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nari Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Basal beds of regional succession, and is overlain by the Gaj beds (Early Miocene). AGE: Early Oligocene, based on similarity with European faunas of Lattofian and Stampian age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Vredenburg
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors including W. Blanford, Wynne, Hira Lal, Ram Singh, and Noetling (staff of Geological Survey of India) during the early 1900's. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of India, with voucher specimens possibly at the BMNH.
Primary reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77157: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.12.2007
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella strangulata" = Turritella (Peyrotia) strangulata
"Turritella strangulata" = Turritella (Peyrotia) strangulata Grateloup 1847 turret shell | |
Turbinella episoma Michelotti 1861 snail | |
"Terebra (Myurella) quettensis" = Myurella quettensis, Terebra narica
"Terebra (Myurella) quettensis" = Myurella quettensis Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra narica Vredenburg 1925 auger snail | |
Lyria anceps Michelotti 1861 volute | |
"Rimella subrimosa" = Varicospira subrimosa
"Rimella subrimosa" = Varicospira subrimosa d'Orbigny 1852 snail SUBSPECIES: Rimella subrimosa narica
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"Trochus (Tectus) lucasianus" = Tectus lucasianus
"Trochus (Tectus) lucasianus" = Tectus lucasianus Brongniart 1823 top snail | |
"Turbo (Marmorostoma) pseudoundulatus" = Turbo pseudoundulatus, "Turbo (Olearia) protocephoides" = Turbo protocepoides
"Turbo (Marmorostoma) pseudoundulatus" = Turbo pseudoundulatus Vredenburg 1928 snail
"Turbo (Olearia) protocephoides" = Turbo protocepoides Vredenburg 1928 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardita (Glans) rovereti" = Glans rovereti, "Cardita (Venericardia) sp." = Venericardia
"Cardita (Glans) rovereti" = Glans rovereti Vredenburg 1928 clam
"Cardita (Venericardia) sp." = Venericardia Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella, "Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera" = Periglypta puerpera
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
"Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera" = Periglypta puerpera Linnaeus 1758 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera aglaurae
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"Cardium (Trachycardium) verrucosum" = Vepricardium verrucosum
"Cardium (Trachycardium) verrucosum" = Vepricardium verrucosum Lamarck 1824 cockle | |
Lucina (Gibbolucina) deperdita, "Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella, "Lucina (Denticulina) narica" = Lucina narica
Lucina (Gibbolucina) deperdita Michelotti 1861 clam
"Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
"Lucina (Denticulina) narica" = Lucina narica Vredenburg 1928 clam | |
Lithodomus sublithophagus d'Orbigny 1850 mussel | |
Pecten (Amussiopecten) labadyei d'Archaic and Haime 1853 scallop |