Pakistan Stratigraphy

Species

Fasciolites borealis

Foraminifera · Paleocene – Eocene

Spindle-shaped larger foraminifera of the alveolinid group (a name used for Alveolina-like forms), useful for zoning the early Paleogene.

Species

Foraminifera

Scientific classification

Kingdom	Rhizaria
Phylum	Foraminifera
Class	Tubothalamea
Order	Miliolida
Family	Alveolinidae
Genus	Fasciolites
Species	borealis

Age range: Paleocene – Eocene; 66–33.9 Ma; Established range worldwide.
In Pakistan’s record: Neogene; Across 1 unit in this dataset.

Classification shown to the level well established for this group.

Recorded in these units

1

Hinglaj Formation Late Oligocene to Pliocene (Aquitanian-Piacenzian; ~23.0-2.58 Ma) Cenozoic

Found alongside

8

Other fossils recorded in the same units.

Assilina mamilla Discocyclina undulata Lepidocyclina blanfordi Lepidocyclina dilatata Nummulites atacicus Nummulites fichteli Nummulites intermedius Spiroclypeus sp.

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