Bhagathoro Hill, Sind (Eocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Raduk

Where: Pakistan (26.0° N, 67.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 64.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nari Group, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Age broadly defined as "Upper Eocene or Oligocene", but likely Priabonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and sandstone

Primary reference: P. M. Duncan. 1880. Sind fossil corals and Alcyonaria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologica Indica, Ser. 7 and 14 1(1):1-110 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11291: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.08.2001

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pulcherrima d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia taurinensis Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora nodulosa n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Originally assigned to Litharaea
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
"Trochocyathus nariensis n. sp." = Paracycloseris nariensis
"Trochocyathus nariensis n. sp." = Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris perezi Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites tenuiseptata n. sp., "Leptoria concentrica" = Platygyra concentrica, Caulastrea gemmans, "Prionastraea insignis n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis
Favites tenuiseptata n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Prionastraea
"Leptoria concentrica" = Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Caulastrea gemmans stony coral
Originally assigned to Dasyphyllia
"Prionastraea insignis n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Rhabdophyllia" nariensis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Trochosmilia dharanensis n. sp. stony coral
Trochosmilia oldhami n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina medlicotti n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus nummiformis n. sp. stony coral
? Trochocyathus nummiformis n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Blanfordia
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
"Cyclolites orientalis n. sp." = Cunnolites
"Cyclolites orientalis n. sp." = Cunnolites stony coral