Mekran beds (Talar Stage) - North of Talar Gorge: Late/Upper Miocene, Pakistan
collected by Vredenburg
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella angulata
Sowerby 1840
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| synonym of Kapalmerella ranikoti | ||||||||||
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Turritella subulata
Martin 1884
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator subulata | ||||||||||
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Protoma renevieri
(d'Archiac and Haime 1854)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Protoma retrodilatatum
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Turritella assimilis
Sowerby 1840
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides (Cerithidea) fluviatilis
(Potiez and Michaud 1838)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Potamides (Cerithidea) jenkinsi
(Martin 1879)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) jenkinsi | ||||||||||
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Terebralia dimoprha
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Terebralia miosulcata
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Terebralia sublignitarum
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Batillaria mekranica
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina
(Lamarck 1810)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Athleta (Volutospina) mekranica
Vredenburg 1925
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Purpura (Stramonita) angulata
(Dujardin 1837)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra (Cancilla) flammea
(Quoy 1832)
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Mitra inquinata
Reeve 1844
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Tritonidea (Cantharus) erythrostoma
(Reeve 1849)
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| recombined as Cantharus erythrostoma | ||||||||||
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Siphonalia (Kelletia) mekranica
Vredenburg 1925
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Hindsia mekranica
Vredenburg 1925
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena (Pugilina) ponderosa
(Martin 1895)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Clavilithes verbeeki
(Martin 1895)
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| recombined as Mancorus verbeeki | ||||||||||
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Lathyrus duplicatus
Vredenburg 1925
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| recombined as Latirus duplicatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella mekranica
Vredenburg 1925
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Turbinella episoma
(Michelotti 1861)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Trigonostoma crispatum
(Sowerby 1855)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Leptoconus) amadis
(Martini 1773)
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Conus (Leptoconus) scalaris
(Martin 1879)
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| original and current combination Conus scalaris | ||||||||||
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Conus (Lithoconus) djarianensis
(Martin 1895)
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Conus (Leptoconus) vimineus
(Reeve 1849)
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| recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Bathytoma cataphracta
(Brocchi 1814)
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| SUBSPECIES: B. cataphracta gedrosiana | ||||||||||
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Surcula tuberculata
(Gray 1839)
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| recombined as Asthenotoma tuberculata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra gedrosiana
Vredenburg 1925
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Terebra mekranica
Vredenburg 1925
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Terebra (Myurella) aspera
(Hinds 1843)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Pirula ficus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus mekranicus
Vredenburg 1925
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Rostellaria curta
Sowerby 1842
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| recombined as Tibia curta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica
Vredenburg 1925
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Ranella bitubercularis
Lamarck 1816
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| recombined as Gyrineum bituberculare | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Ranella (Bufonaria) spinosa
(Lamarck 1816)
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| synonym of Bufonaria (Bufonaria) echinata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula mekranica
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia subpenicillata
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Dosina subpenicillata | ||||||||||
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Tapes (Callistotapes) pseudoliratus
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Dosinia peralta
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) peralta | ||||||||||
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Dosinia pseudoargus
(d'Archiac and Haime 1853)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Venus (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Venus mekranica | ||||||||||
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Cytherea (Callista) pseudoumbonella
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella | ||||||||||
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Venus (Clementia) papyracea
(Gray 1825)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Discors) triforme
(Sowerby 1840)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Discors triforme | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele mekranica
Vredenburg 1928
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Arca decussata
Linnaeus 1758
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glycymeris decussata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca rhombea
Born 1778
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea | ||||||||||
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Arca clathrata
Reeve 1844
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Arca clathrata burnesi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea digitalina
(Eichwald 1830)
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cubitostrea digitalina | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: O. digitalina rholfsii | ||||||||||
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Ostrea petrosa
Fuchs 1879
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Ostrea pseudodigitalina
Fuchs 1879
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Vredenburg 1928 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus pompilius
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 25.3° North, 63.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.4° North, 61.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mekran | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlies the Gaj beds. AGE: Somewhat unclear. Younger than Early Miocene Gaj beds (Aquitanian-Burdigalian), and younger than the Gwadar beds (Pliocene), so probably ranging from Middle to Late Miocene in age. Age will be amended following consideration of taxonomic similarities with Indonesian faunas. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Base of sandstones. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow shelf siliciclastic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Vredenburg |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors including W. Blanford, Wynne, Hira Lal, Ram Singh, and Noetling (staff of Geological Survey of India) during the early 1900's. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of India, with voucher specimens possibly at the BMNH. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Antiquated, but from an authoritative publication, with use of species and subgenus resolution assignments. Nomenclature can be updated through reference to Harzhauser and Swarko publications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77133 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-12-21 09:35:30 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-12-21 09:35:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26063. | 1925 | E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 26112 | E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |