The Paleogene of the Kala Chitta Range, northern Pakistan

The Paleogene of the Kala Chitta Range, northern Pakistan is essentially an Upper Paleocene-Middle Eocene shallow water marine succession, containing age-diagnostic benthonic larger foraminifera, which for the most part, coul d only be studied in thin sections. The Paleogene succession of the Kala Chitta Range as accepted by the Strati graphic Committee of Pakistan is as follows: [GRAPHICS] The most common microfacies of the shallow shelf sediments are bioclastic w ackestone, bioclastic packstone and bioclastic grainstone with foraminifera l bioclasts of the genera Lockhartia, Ranikothalia. Nummulites, Assilina, O perculina and Discocyclina.