Khura, limit between Upper and Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 55.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Boundary between Wargal and Chhidru Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1886. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VI. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(6):835-924 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119639: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Amplexus abichi" = Amplexocarinia abichi
"Amplexus abichi" = Amplexocarinia abichi Waagen and Wentzel 1886 horn coral
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis2
"Lyttonia tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis2 Waagen 1883
"transitional link between middle and upper division"
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Uncinulus jabiensis" = Uncinunellina jabiensis2
"Uncinulus jabiensis" = Uncinunellina jabiensis2 Waagen 1883
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris capillata" = Cleiothyridina capillata2 Waagen 1883