Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan: Burdigalian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
? Montlivaltia jacquemonti
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea sindiana n. sp.
Originally assigned to Heliastraea
Plesiastrea digitata n. sp.
Originally assigned to Heliastraea
Plesiastrea anomala n. sp.
Originally assigned to Heliastraea
Plesiastrea decipiens n. sp.
Plesiastrea pedunculata n. sp.
Plesiastrea costata n. sp. Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Calamophyllia elongata n. sp.
    = "Calamophyllia" elongata
Kiessling 2008
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia danae n. sp.
Pachyseris exarata n. sp.
Pachyseris affinis n. sp. Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites gajensis n. sp. Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris magnifica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sitaensis Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Madrepora sp. Linne 1758
    = Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Kiessling 2008
Astraeopora hemisphaerica n. sp. Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia maxima n. sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora confusa n. sp.
Stylophora minuta n. sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia ? gajensis
Trochocyathus gajensis n. sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Brachyphyllia indica n. sp.
    = "Brachyphyllia" indica
Baron-Szabo 2006
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa rugosa n. sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Dachiardia densa n. gen., n. sp. Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Echinopora maxima n. sp.
Echinopora miocenica n. sp. Duncan 1880
Antillia plana n. gen., n. sp.
Antillia indica n. gen., n. sp.
Caulastrea sp. (Dana 1846)
Originally assigned to Dasyphyllia
Favites gajensis n. sp.
Originally assigned to Prionastraea
Favites fungiformis n. sp.
Originally assigned to Prionastraea
Monticulastraea insignis n. sp. Duncan 1880
Valid
Monticulastraea elongata n. sp. Duncan 1880
Monticulastraea inaequalis n. sp. Duncan 1880
Monticulastraea solidior n. sp. Duncan 1880
Leptoria concentrica n. sp. Duncan 1880
Cladocora haimei n. sp. Duncan 1880
Latimeandra parvula n. sp. Duncan 1880
Latimeandra gajensis n. sp. Duncan 1880
Latimeandra reussi n. sp. Duncan 1880
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan State/province:Sind
Coordinates: 25.0° North, 67.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.0° North, 66.8° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower - Middle Miocene - Middle - Late/Upper Miocene
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.44 - 15.98 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gaj
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Age broadly defined as Miocene but above presumable Lower Miocene and below suspect Upper Miocene/Pliocene.
More recent data suggest an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) age for the Gaj series (or formation)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Unclear if real reef
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3097
Database number:11292
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-08-02 09:37:30 Last modified:2008-02-10 06:54:08
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-02 09:37:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4154. P. M. Duncan. 1880. Sind fossil corals and Alcyonaria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologica Indica, Ser. 7 and 14 1(1):1-110 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

17708 R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
26416 F. R. Bosellini. 1999. The scleractinian genus Hydnophora (revision of Tertiary species). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 73(3-4):217-240 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
26431 W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]