Markini Mudstone (Pasni Section) (Miocene to of Pakistan)

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

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp.
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Adeorbidae
Adeorbidae indet.
Adeorbidae indet. Monterosato 1884 snail
Adeorbid
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Rapana sp.
? Rapana sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Vanikoro cf. cancellata
Vanikoro cf. cancellata Lamarck 1822 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nucula sp.
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp.
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium sp.
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp., Anadara "sp. A", "Anadara granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara "sp. A" Gray 1847 ark
"Anadara granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet.
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
small tellins
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Timoclea sp., Dosinia sp., Pitar sp., Macrocallista "sp. A", Pitaria sp.
? Timoclea sp. Brown 1827 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Macrocallista "sp. A" Meek 1876 venus clam
Pitaria sp. Roemer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrinula cf. plicataria, Mactrinula sp.
Mactrinula sp. Gray 1853 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp.
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordiidae indet.
Verticordiidae indet. Stoliczka 1871 clam