West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range: Dienerian, Pakistan
collected by W. Waagen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Paranoritidae
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Meekoceras varians n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Paranorites varians | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Gyronitidae
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Ambites rupestris n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Gyronites frequens n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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| (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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"Lecanites" psilogyrus n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Gyronites frequens | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Gyronites plicosus n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Dinaritidae
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"Dinarites" patella n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 72.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° South, 56.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Dienerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.40000 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lower Ceratite Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lowest beds. "These beds are filled with thousands of fossils, chiefly Ammonite shells, but nothing can be extracted; only what is exposed by weathering on the surface of the limestone slabs being fit for description." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | W. Waagen |
| Collection method comments: Repository: probably Geological Survey of India | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 143631 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 14:00:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 14:00:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33112. | W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |