Nisai Group (lower): Ypresian, Pakistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Orbitolinidae
? Dictyoconus sp.
Valvulinidae
Lituonella sp. Schlumberger and Douvillé 1905
? Coskinolina sp.
Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
Discocyclina aff. undulata
Discocyclina ? dispansa (Sowerby 1840)
Nummulitidae
Assilina sp.
Assilina ? daviesi
Assilina granulosa
Assilina leymeriei
Assilina cf. subspinosa
Assilina ? spinosa
Assilina spira
Operculina sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Nummulites atacicus
Nummulites carteri
Nummulites globosa
Nummulites intermedius
Nummulites mamilla
Nummulites cf. mamilla
Nummulites cf. obesa
Nummulites obtusus
Nummulites perforatus
Lepitorbitoididae
? Daviesina sp.
Planorbulinidae
Linderina brugesi
Planorbulinella sp. Cushman 1927
Rotaliidae
Lockhartia cf. newboldi
Dictyoconoides cooki
Pellatispiridae
Miscellanea sp.
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolina sp.
Alveolina oblonga
Alveolina cf. ovoidea
Alveolina subpyrenaica
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
? Orbitolites sp.
Orbitolites complanatus
Opertorbitolites douvillei Nuttall 1925
Alveolinellidae
Flosculina globosa
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullella nuttalli Cox 1931
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazus indicus Cox 1931
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Indovoluta multidentata
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates perversus (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta hindu
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Calpitaria) carteri (d'Archaic and Haime 1854)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cardium cf. cotteri Cox 1931
recombined as Trachycardium cotteri
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia cf. intermedia
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Liostrea) informal sp. A Douvillé 1904
see common names

Geography
Country:Pakistan
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 68.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° North, 62.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Geological group:Nisai
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Nisai Group, which unconformably overlies the Parh Group and Hindubagh intrusions and is conformably overlain by the Murgha Faqirzai shale and Multana Fm. THICKNESS: Ranges from 400-2000 ft. AGE: Ypresian on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the lower part of this group.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology:gray lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark limestone and pale gray shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis on facies description and age.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not reported in text. REPOSITORY: Not reported in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, echinoidea, algae, and foraminifera.
Metadata
Database number:79074
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-24 20:31:26 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-02-24 20:31:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26170. Hunting Survey Corporation, LTD. 1961. Reconnaissance Geology of Part of West Pakistan 1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]