Faunal Assemblages of the Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Formation, Chichali Gorge Section, Surghar Range, Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan
Faunal Assemblages of the Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Formation, Chichali Gorge Section, Surghar Range, Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan
Abdur Rauf Nizami*
Showing the location map of Chichali Gorge Section, Surghar Range, Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan (Modfied after Gee, 1989).
The photomicrographs showing in bioclastic limestones in Fig. 1: Gastropod (G) and pelecypod (P) clasts (PPL, stained), Sample No. CHN 23, Fig. 2: Brachiopod (B) shells (PPL, stained), Sample No. CHN 25, and in Fig. 3: Bryozoan (Bz) shells (PPL, unstained) Sample No. CHN 31, and in Fig. 4: Gastropod (G) shell (PPL, stained), Sample No. CHN 35.
The photomicrographs showing in bioclastic limestones in Fig. 1: Gastropod (G) shell and pelecypod (P) fragments (PPL, stained), Sample No. CHN 38, Fig. 2: Sponge (S) shells (PPL, stained), Sample No. CHN 39, Fig. 3: Sponge (S) and gastropod (G) shells (PPL, stained), Sample No. CHN 60, and in Fig. 4: A gastropod (G) shell in an ooidal limestone (PPL, stained, Scale bar=250 µm), Sample No. CHN-61
The photomicrographs showing in bioclastic limestones in Fig. 1: A large coral (C) shell (PPL, unstained), Sample No CHN 61, Fig. 2: A bi-serial (F) foraminifera (PPL, stained), Sample No CHN 61, Fig. 3: An echinoderm (E) grain exhibiting diagnostic single crystal structure extinction (XN, stained), Sample No. CHN-64, and in Fig. 4: Brachiopod (B) and bi-serial foraminifera (F) shells (PPL, stained), Sample No CHN 64
The photomicrographs showing in Fig. 1: A few shells of uniserial (Uf) and bi-serial foraminifers (Bf) in a pelloidal limestone (XN, unstained), Sample No. CHN-67 and in Fig. 2: A well preserved pelecypod (P), shell (XN, unstained), Sample No. CHN 98
