Fossil Bed F.2679, Zinda Pir: Ypresian, Pakistan
collected by F.E. Eames

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella (Polygireulima) punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Ptychocerithium informal sp. A Sacco 1895
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)
Chondrocerithium pakistanicum Eames 1952
10 specimens
10+ specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Stiracolpus) harnaiensis (Cox 1931)
28 specimens
Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
10 specimens
recombined as Sigmesalia fasciata
10+ specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium pseudowillemeti n. sp. Eames 1952
19 specimens
Euspira soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa pakistanica Eames 1952
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancillus) pseudonana n. sp. Eames 1952
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma pakistanicum n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Celatoconus punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
? Tetrastomella pseudohumilis n. sp. Eames 1952
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
synonym of Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Pyrenoturris punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Pyrenoturris soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris (Gemmula) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Eulimella (Belonidium) laxispirata n. sp. Eames 1952
2 specimens
Odostomia (Megastomia) infrasubcarinata n. sp. Eames 1952
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Punjabia marginostriata n. gen., n. sp. Eames 1952
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula punjabensis Eames 1952
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 70.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.0° North, 64.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ghazij
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ghazij Shales (local subzone 3a)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:F.E. Eames
Metadata
Database number:183845
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-01-16 00:36:56 Last modified:2017-01-16 00:36:56
Access level:the public Released:2017-01-16 00:36:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
599. F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Clapham]