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
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara "sp. A" Gray 1847 ark
"Anadara granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
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? Timoclea sp. Brown 1827 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Pitaria sp. Roemer 1857 venus clam
Macrocallista "sp. A" Meek 1876 venus clam | |
Mactrinula sp. Gray 1853 clam | |
Verticordiidae indet. Stoliczka 1871 clam | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Vanikoro cf. cancellata Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
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Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
? Rapana sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail |