Where: Pakistan (25.1° N, 62.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 61.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mekran Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlies the lower Mekran Series, and in turn the Gaj beds. AGE: Pliocene, here assigned to the Early Pliocene based on its proximity to Miocene Mekran Series strata. 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. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77444: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.01.2008
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pecten (Chlamys) alexandri Vredenburg 1928 scallop | |
Ostrea pseudocrassissima Fuchs 1878 oyster | |
Arca divaricata Sowerby 1833 ark |