Bhal, Grey-Yellow Sandstone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.6° N, 72.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° S, 55.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Amb Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Lower Productus Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 4. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):611-728 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus bhalensis n. sp." = Waagenoconcha bhalensis
"Productus bhalensis n. sp." = Waagenoconcha bhalensis Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Monodiexodina sp. Sosnina 1956
Listed as "Fusulinae" almost certainly Monodiexodina