Kalapani (Permian of India)

Where: India (30.2° N, 80.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 60.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Productus Shales Formation, Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F.H. Smith in 1899

• Repository: Geological Survey of India

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1903. Permian fossils of the Central Himalayas. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(5):1-204 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230337: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2023

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Marginifera himalayensis" = Lamnimargus himalayensis
"Marginifera himalayensis" = Lamnimargus himalayensis Diener 1899
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus cf. purdoni" = Contraspina purdoni
"Productus cf. purdoni" = Contraspina purdoni Davidson 1862
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger
"Spirifer fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Undulomya cf. uhligi Holdhaus 1913 clam
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma sp. Beyrich 1865 clam