Pakistan Stratigraphy

Species

Lepidocyclina blanfordi

Foraminifera · Eocene – Miocene

Disc-shaped, orbitoidal larger foraminifera with a lattice of small chambers, common on later Paleogene carbonate shelves.

Species

Foraminifera

Scientific classification

Kingdom	Rhizaria
Phylum	Foraminifera
Class	Globothalamea
Order	Rotaliida
Genus	Lepidocyclina
Species	blanfordi

Age range: Eocene – Miocene; 56–5.333 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 Fasciolites borealis Lepidocyclina dilatata Nummulites atacicus Nummulites fichteli Nummulites intermedius Spiroclypeus sp.

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