Chiddru Chi8, Salt Range (Triassic of Pakistan)

Also known as Chhidru

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 56.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Radioceras evolvens ammonoid zone, Ceratite Sandstone Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ)

Primary reference: T. Brühwiler, H. Bucher, D. Ware, E. Schneebeli-Hermann, P. A. Hochuli, G. Roohi, K. Rehman and A. Yaseen. 2012. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan. Special Papers in Palaeontology 88:5-114 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140679: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Radioceras evolvens Waagen 1895 ceratite