Markini Mudstone (Pasni Section) (Miocene to of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (25.5° N, 63.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 61.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Parkini Mudstone Formation, Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; unlithified, gray, green mudstone

Collection methods: 35 combined samples.... section in text breaks up in to some subsamples, but not all and the taxonomic list in the back of the paper is the most comprehensive.

Primary reference: J. A. Crame. 1984. Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Makran Coast, Pakistan. In B. U. Haq, J. D. Milliman (eds.), Marine geology and oceanography of Arabian Sea and Coastal Pakistan 45-61 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55397: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 17.10.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Vanikoro cf. cancellata Lamarck 1822 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Rapana sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Adeorbidae
Adeorbidae indet. Monterosato 1884 snail
Adeorbid
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara "sp. A" Gray 1847 ark
"Anadara granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordiidae indet. Stoliczka 1871 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Macrocallista "sp. A" Meek 1876 venus clam
Pitaria sp. Roemer 1857 venus clam
? Timoclea sp. Brown 1827 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
small tellins
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam