Chidroo, probably upper Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range: Smithian, Pakistan
collected by A.B. Wynne
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Proptychitidae
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Aspidites superbus n. sp.
Waagen 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Clypeoceras superbum | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 71.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° South, 56.8° 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: "From its preservation it seems most probable, that it was originally contained in the upper division of the Ceratite sandstone in the same bed in which the large specimens of Flemingites occur." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | A.B. Wynne |
| Collection method comments: Repository: probably Geological Survey of India | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chhidru | ||
| Database number: | 143829 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-26 03:45:27 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-26 03:45:27 |
| 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] |