Virgal, coral limestone, upper Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Permian of Pakistan)

Also known as Wargal

Where: Pakistan (32.4° N, 72.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 55.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wargal Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Upper part of Middle Productus-limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 90250: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Poecilodus paradoxus n. sp. Waagen 1879 chimaera
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa2
"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa2 Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer wynnei" = Choristitella wynnei1
"Spirifer wynnei" = Choristitella wynnei1 Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis1
"Spirifer musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis1 Davidson 1862
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Orthis indica" = Acosarina minuta3, "Orthis marmorea" = Orthotichia marmorea3, "Orthis derbyi" = Orthotichia derbyi3
"Orthis indica" = Acosarina minuta3 Abich 1878
"Orthis marmorea" = Orthotichia marmorea3 Waagen 1884
"Orthis derbyi" = Orthotichia derbyi3 Waagen 1884
 Orthida - Enteletidae
"Enteletes latesinuatus" = Enteletina latesinuatus3
"Enteletes latesinuatus" = Enteletina latesinuatus3 Waagen 1884
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
"Orthis corallina n. sp." = Rhipidomella corallina3
"Orthis corallina n. sp." = Rhipidomella corallina3 Waagen 1884
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camerophoria pinguis" = Stenoscisma pinguis1, "Camerophoria purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni1
"Camerophoria pinguis" = Stenoscisma pinguis1 Waagen 1883
"Camerophoria purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni1 Davidson 1862
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae