Nammal Gorge NAM-B9, Salt Range (Triassic of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.7° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 57.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Niveaux Intermediaires Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bucher, Hautmann, Hermann, Ware in 2009, 2010

• Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ)

Primary reference: M. Wasmer, M. Hautmann, E. Hermann, D. Ware, G. Roohi, K. Ur-Rehman, A. Yaseen and H. Bucher. 2012. Olenekian (Early Triassic) bivalves from the Salt Range and Surghar Range, Pakistan. Palaeontology 55:1043-1073 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133703: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Scythentolium kokeni von Wittenburg 1909 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Eobuchia punjabiensis von Wittenburg 1909 scallop
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria viezzenensis Wilckens 1909 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna muikadanensis Nakazawa 1961 oyster