Maastrichtian ammonites from Balochistan, Pakistan

Maastrichtian ammonites are described from two areas in Pakistan. The upper part of the lower unit of the Korara Shale in the southern Pab Range, Kirthar Province, southern Balochistan, is dated as Late Maastrichtian, based on the presence ofMenuites fresvillensis(Seunes, 1890), which is accompanied by abundantIndoceras baluchistanenseNoetling, 1897, commonBaculites ambatryensisCollignon, 1971, and rarerNeophylloceras surya(Forbes, 1846),Gaudryceras kayei(Forbes, 1846),Anagaudryceras politissimum(Kossmat, 1895),Kitchinites spenglerin. sp.,Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) noetlingin. sp.,Libycoceras acutodorsatus(Noetling, 1897), andDiplomoceras cylindraceum(Defrance, 1816). A smaller assemblage from the Mughal Kot Formation near Kach, Suleman Province, northern Balochistan cannot be dated more precisely than Maastrichtian from the presence ofPachydiscus(Pachydiscus)neubergicus(Hauer, 1858), the first occurrence of which has been provisionally adopted by the Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy as marking the base of the Maastrichtian stage. It is associated with numerousEubaculites binodosus(Noetling, 1897).