Shahrig locality, Ghazij Fm, Section C, bed I: Ypresian, Pakistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Pachychilidae
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Pirena (Pseudobellardia) delphinus
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| synonym of Faunus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sharighensc
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Corbicula tangica
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Bicorbula) lunica
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Bicorbula | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 30.2° North, 67.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° North, 62.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ghazij |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | brown,gray sandstone |
| Lithology description: Shale with beds of sandstone, limestone, conglomerate and coal | |
| Environment: | basinal (carbonate) |
| Geology comments: The Ghazij formation is divided locally into four lithological subdivisions: shale, sandstone, limestone, and conglomerate. These subdivisions have variable thickness (4' to 240 ). The shale is predominant, light green, gray or olive green in color, with maroon, purple and yellow colors being subordinate. The sandstone is grey or brown, mostly coarse-grained and pebbly. The brown sandy limestone is interbedded with sandstone and shale. The lenses of conglomerate, a minor constituent at most localities, become continuous and attain a thickness of 200 feet in the Sor Range. The clasts are derived from the older strata and are composed of Cretaceous chert and limestone. Thin beds and lenses of coal are also present in the formation. The coal is mostly grayish to brown, or brownish black in color and is slightly fissile. Veinlets of gypsum and partly decomposed woody material are present in the coat. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 145132 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-27 21:06:41 | Last modified: | 2013-05-27 08:19:13 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-08-27 21:06:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46909. | M. W. A. Iqbal. 1969. Mega-Fauna from the Ghazij Formation (Lower Eocene) Quetta Shahrig area, West Pakistan. Palaeontologia Pakistanica 5 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |