Also known as Raj-hoti Pass
Where: India (31.0° N, 79.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° S, 60.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, black, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Colonel Richard Strachey in 1850
Primary reference: J. W. Salter. 1865. 1. Palaeozoic. Palaeontology of Niti in the Northern Himalya: Being Descriptions and Figures of the Palaeozoic and Secondary Fossils Collected by Colonel Richard Strachey, R E 1-112 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117558: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Aviculopecten hyemalis n. sp." = Etheripecten hiemalis
"Aviculopecten hyemalis n. sp." = Etheripecten hiemalis Salter 1865 scallop | |
Strophomenata | |
"Chonetes vishnu n. sp." = Quinquenella vishnu
"Chonetes vishnu n. sp." = Quinquenella vishnu Salter 1865 | |
"Productus gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica
"Productus gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica Diener 1897 | |
"Productus" flemingii De Koninck 1847 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Orthis" sp. Dalman 1828 | |
"Athyris roissyi" = Cleiothyridina deroissyi
"Athyris roissyi" = Cleiothyridina deroissyi Leveille 1835 |