Where: Pakistan (25.3° N, 62.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 24.5° N, 62.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hinglaj Group, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Hinglaj Group, which unconformably overlies the Parkini Mudstone, and is unconformably overlain by the Haro Conglomerate. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. AGE: Miocene [Late]-Pliocene, based on faunal affinity. Assigned by the enterer to an intermediate age of Pliocene, from which most macrofossils share affinity. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the entire group.
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; unlithified, ferruginous, brown, gray, yellow, argillaceous, conglomeratic sandstone and poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not reported in text. REPOSITORY: Not reported in text.
Primary reference: Hunting Survey Corporation, LTD. 1961. Reconnaissance Geology of Part of West Pakistan 1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77295: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
? Orthechinus sp. Gauthier sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail | |
"Turritella cf. angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti Vredenburg 1928 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella assimilis Sowerby 1840 turret shell | |
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cf. pseudocorrugatum d'Orbigny 1852 cerith snail | |
Natica helvacea Lamarck 1822 moon snail | |
Babylonia "sp. B" Schlüter 1838 true whelk | |
Gyrineum spinosum triton shell | |
Tibia aff. insulaechorab true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Minnivola ishtakensis scallop | |
Anomia achaeus Gray 1849 jingle | |
"Placenta iranica" = Placuna
"Placenta iranica" = Placuna scallop | |
"Ostrea gryphoides" = Crassostrea gryphoides, Ostrea cf. sublingua
"Ostrea gryphoides" = Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster
Ostrea cf. sublingua oyster | |
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
"Antigona cf. mekranica" = Venus mekranica, Dosinia sp., Paphia deshayesii, Paphia sp., Paphia (Callistotapes) sp., Meretrix pseudoumbonella
"Antigona cf. mekranica" = Venus mekranica Vredenburg 1928 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Paphia deshayesii venus clam
Paphia sp. Röding 1798 venus clam
Paphia (Callistotapes) sp. Sacco 1900 venus clam
Meretrix pseudoumbonella venus clam | |
"Cardium cf. melvilli" = Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli
"Cardium cf. melvilli" = Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli Newton 1905 cockle | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula cf. mekranica Vredenburg 1928 clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Sedentaria | |
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835 | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 |