Tamba Kurkur Fm, Manang (Triassic of Nepal)

Also known as 48

Where: Nepal (28.7° N, 84.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° S, 63.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tamba Kurkur Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Near top of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified wackestone

• Bioclastic wackestone, thin-bedded, frequently nodular, with subordinate layers of shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: G. Fuchs, R. W. Widder, and R. Tuladhar. 1988. Contributions to the geology of the Annapurna Range. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 131:593-607 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63522: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 15.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gladigondolellidae
Gladigondolella tethydis Huckriede 1958 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
"Neospathodus timorensis" = Gondolella timorensis
"Neospathodus timorensis" = Gondolella timorensis Nogami 1968 conodont