Chidru, below Cephalopod bed, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Also known as Chhidru

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 55.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chhidru Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Upper Productus Limestone, but lower than Cephalopod bed

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89055: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma pleuromyoides" = Wilkingia pleuromyoides
"Allorisma pleuromyoides" = Wilkingia pleuromyoides Waagen 1881 clam