Laki Range, Sind, Pakistan (Paleocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Sind 1

Where: Sind, Pakistan (26.3° N, 67.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° S, 56.4° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Beds with "Cardita beaumonti" immediately below Trap basalts

•These beds assigned to middle Danian by Eames (1968: In Cretaceous-Tertiary Formations of South India, Geological Society of India, Memoir 2) based on planktonic forams.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

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 11288: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.08.2001

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Smilotrochus blanfordi n. sp." = Rennensismilia complanata
"Smilotrochus blanfordi n. sp." = Rennensismilia complanata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Rhabdophyllia barkii n. sp." = Cladocora barkii
"Rhabdophyllia barkii n. sp." = Cladocora barkii Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Litharaea epithecata n. sp." = Goniopora websteri
"Litharaea epithecata n. sp." = Goniopora websteri Bowerbank 1840 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Caryophyllia compressa n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki, "Caryophyllia indica n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki, "Caryophyllia feddeni n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki, Trochocyathus lakii n. sp., "Smilotrochus jakhmari n. sp." = Smilotrochus galeriformis
"Caryophyllia compressa n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Caryophyllia indica n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Caryophyllia feddeni n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Trochocyathus lakii n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Smilotrochus jakhmari n. sp." = Smilotrochus galeriformis Kner 1848 stony coral