Sinjdi locality, Ghazij Fm, Section B (Eocene of Pakistan)
Where: Pakistan (30.1° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 61.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ghazij Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: basinal (); gray, green shale and brown, gray sandstone
• The Ghazij formation is divided locally into four lithological subdivisions: shale, sandstone, limestone, and conglomerate. These subdivisions have variable thickness (4' to 240 ). The shale is predominant, light green, gray or olive green in color, with maroon, purple and yellow colors being subordinate. The sandstone is grey or brown, mostly coarse-grained and pebbly. The brown sandy limestone is interbedded with sandstone and shale. The lenses of conglomerate, a minor constituent at most localities, become continuous and attain a thickness of 200 feet in the Sor Range. The clasts are derived from the older strata and are composed of Cretaceous chert and limestone. Thin beds and lenses of coal are also present in the formation. The coal is mostly grayish to brown, or brownish black in color and is slightly fissile. Veinlets of gypsum and partly decomposed woody material are present in the coat.
• Shale with beds of sandstone, limestone, conglomerate and coal
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: M. W. A. Iqbal. 1969. Mega-Fauna from the Ghazij Formation (Lower Eocene) Quetta Shahrig area, West Pakistan. Palaeontologia Pakistanica 5 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145130: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Globothalamea | |
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Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina midwayensis Plummer 1927 | |
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872 | |
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808 | |
Discocyclina ranikotensis Davies 1927 | |
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Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Anthozoa | |
Euphyllia flabellata stony coral | |
"Hydnophora insignis" = Monticulastraea insignis
"Hydnophora insignis" = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Trochoseris daviesi stony coral | |
Placotrochus tipperi stony coral | |
"Meandrina variabilis" = Placocyathus variabilis
"Meandrina variabilis" = Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral |