Virgal, Stachella beds, Salt Range: Smithian, Pakistan
collected by W. Waagen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Proptychitidae
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Paraspidites praecursor n. gen., n. sp.
(Frech 1905)
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Spath 1934 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Aspidites superbus praecursor | ||||||||||
| BMNH C.10450a, b | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Danubitidae
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"Celtites" acuteplicatus
Waagen 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Paranoritidae
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"Aspidites" kingianus n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Paranorites kingianus | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 72.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° South, 56.9° 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: | Smithian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.20000 - 248.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ceratite Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Corresponding to about the Stachella beds, or a little lower | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | marine 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
| Also known as: | Wargal | ||
| Database number: | 143647 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | M. Clapham, B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 14:49:06 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 14:49:06 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 24353 | L. F. Spath. 1934. Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, The Ammonoidea of the Trias. 1-521 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/B. Allen] |