ammonites
Vurcha, Salt Range (Fleming coll) (Permian of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (32.5° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° S, 55.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.0 - 254.0 Ma)

• Likely from the Kalabagh Member, perhaps Chhidru Formation, but not stated

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by Andrew Fleming in 1848,1852

Primary reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117780: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.09.2011

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