Chhidru West, Section 6A, Bed 3 (T63-151, K3-3) (Triassic of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 56.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kathwai B Member (Mianwali Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

• Dolomite, grayish-orange to dark yellowish-orange, finely crystalline, laminated, locally cross-bedded

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Kummel and C. Teichert. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Permian-Triassic boundary beds, Salt Range and Trans-Indus Ranges, West Pakistan. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication 4:1-110 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95276: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula cf. borealis" = Lingularia borealis
"Lingula cf. borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras connectens Schindewolf 1954 ceratite