SSE of Dowhat (1) 6-9-08 (Carboniferous of India)

Where: India (33.9° N, 75.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.2° S, 70.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fenestella Shales Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C.S. Middlemiss in 1908

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1915. The Anthracolithic faunae of Kashmir, Kanaur and Spiti. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 5(2):1-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230687: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus dowhatensis n. sp. Diener 1915
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Aulosteges percostatus n. sp. Diener 1915
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spirifer middlemissii" = Adminiculoria middlemissi
"Spirifer middlemissii" = Adminiculoria middlemissi Diener 1915
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae