Katwahi, yellow sandy marl, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Also known as Kathwai

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: Chhidru Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• No question that this piece of rock comes from the upper division of the Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, yellow, sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.B. Wynne

Primary reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119649: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Xenodiscus plicatus n. sp." = Xenodiscus carbonarius
"Xenodiscus plicatus n. sp." = Xenodiscus carbonarius Waagen 1872 ceratite