Where: Pakistan (25.3° N, 62.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.3° N, 61.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chatti Mudstone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chatti Mudstone, which conformably overlies the Talar Sandstone, and is unconformably overlain by the Ormara Fm. THICKNESS: As much as 4000 ft. AGE: Pliocene, based on faunal affinity. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the entire formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, silty, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not reported in text. REPOSITORY: Not reported in text.
Primary reference: Hunting Survey Corporation, LTD. 1961. Reconnaissance Geology of Part of West Pakistan 1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77293: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Fossularca (Noetia) pectenculiformis" = Noetia
"Fossularca (Noetia) pectenculiformis" = Noetia clam | |
Pecten basselli scallop | |
"Cardium melvilli" = Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli
"Cardium melvilli" = Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli Newton 1905 cockle | |
Timoclea scabra, Hemitapes cpr, Paphia pseudolirata, Paphia (Protapes) gallus, Gafrarium intermedium, Gafrarium divaricatum, "Dosinia (Sinodia) globa" = Sinodia
Timoclea scabra venus clam
Hemitapes cpr venus clam
Paphia pseudolirata venus clam
Paphia (Protapes) gallus venus clam
Gafrarium intermedium venus clam
Gafrarium divaricatum Gmelin 1791 venus clam
"Dosinia (Sinodia) globa" = Sinodia venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) fluviatilis horn snail | |
Cymia carinifera Lamarck 1822 murex snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerinoides triloba, Orbulina universa, Catapsydrax dissimilis, Globigerina sp., Globigerina aperture, Globigerina menardii, Globigerina bulloides
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosaria sp., Nodosaria scalaris, Nodosaria aff. brevis, Robulus sp., Robulus "sp. B", Robulus "sp. C"
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Robulus sp. Montfort 1808
Robulus "sp. B" Montfort 1808
Robulus "sp. C" Montfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Cancris cf. auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798 | |
Globothalamea | |
Nonion sp. Monfort 1808 |