Abgarch Valley 62PG-30: Sakmarian, Pakistan
collected by E. Martina, R. Galimberti 1962

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella cancriniformis (Tschernyschew 1889)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer nitiensis (Diener 1897)
Neospirifer fasciger nitiensis (1 measurement)
    = Trigonotreta lyonsensis Archbold and Thomas 1986
Angiolini 1995
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Elivina tibetana (Diener 1897)
(2 measurements)
    = Hunzina electa Angiolini 1995
Angiolini 1995
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestrellina" cf. perelegans (Waagen and Pichl 1885)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon desioi n. sp. Fantini Sestini 1965
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
? Ditomopyge middlemissi (Diener 1897)
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 75.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.6° South, 65.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Cisuralian
Stage: Sakmarian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 2
Key time interval: Sakmarian
Age range of interval: 293.52 - 290.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lupghar
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Fantini Sestini attributes fossils to Gircha Formation, but Angiolini (1995) assigns them to the Hunzina electa range zone of Member 1 of the Lupghar Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:E. Martina, R. Galimberti Collection dates:1962
Metadata
Database number:123044
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-10 12:12:53 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-10 12:12:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39457. N. Fantini Sestini. 1965. Permian fossils of the upper Hunza valley. In A. Desio (ed.), Italian Expeditions to the Karakorum (K2) and Hindu Kush. IV - Paleontology-Zoology-Botany 135-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

13536 L. Angiolini. 1995. Permian brachiopods from Karakorum (Pakistan). Pt. 1 (With Appendix). Revista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 101(2):165-214 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]
39291 R. G. Martins-Neto, O. F. Gallego, and A. C. Mancuso. 2006. The Triassic insect fauna from Argentina. Coleoptera from the Los Rastros Formation (Bermejo Basin), La Rioja Province. Ameghiniana 43(3):1-20 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]