Where: Pakistan (30.4° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 64.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ghazij Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Ghazij Shales (local subzone 3a)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by F.E. Eames; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183845: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Odostomia (Megastomia) infrasubcarinata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Eulimella (Belonidium) laxispirata n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Pseudomalaxis punjabensis n. sp., Punjabia marginostriata n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudomalaxis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Punjabia marginostriata n. gen. n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Ringicula punjabensis Eames 1952 snail | |
Chondrocerithium pakistanicum, "Ptychocerithium "sp. A"" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)
"Ptychocerithium "sp. A"" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Sacco 1895 cerith snail | |
"Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella (Stiracolpus) harnaiensis
Turritella (Stiracolpus) harnaiensis Cox 1931 turret shell | |
Crommium pseudowillemeti n. sp., Euspira soriensis n. sp.
Crommium pseudowillemeti n. sp. Eames 1952 moon snail
Euspira soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis punjabensis n. sp.
Cerithiopsis punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Rissoa pakistanica Eames 1952 snail | |
? Tetrastomella pseudohumilis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
? Celatoconus punjabensis n. sp.
? Celatoconus punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 true whelk | |
Trigonostoma pakistanicum n. sp.
Trigonostoma pakistanicum n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Pyrenoturris punjabensis n. sp., Pyrenoturris soriensis n. sp.
Pyrenoturris punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail
Pyrenoturris soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail | |
Turris (Gemmula) soriensis n. sp.
Turris (Gemmula) soriensis n. sp. Eames 1952 turrid | |
Ancilla (Ancillus) pseudonana n. sp. Eames 1952 olive snail | |
"Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni
"Volutocorbis soriensis n. sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni Vredenburg 1923 volute | |
Melanella (Polygireulima) punjabensis n. sp. Eames 1952 snail |