Chumik Marpo ZB5, Lingti River, Lahul (Permian of India)

Where: India (33.0° N, 77.4° E: paleocoordinates 56.6° S, 63.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: A Member (Chumik Formation), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold and M. Gaetani. 1993. Early Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the northwest Himalaya, India. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99(1):27-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89376: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Stutchburia sp. Etheridge 1900 clam
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam
? Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
? Astartila sp. Dana 1847 clam
Megadesmus sp. Sowerby 1838 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Tivertonia chumikensis n. sp. Archbold and Gaetani 1993
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Trigonotreta sp., "Neospirifer kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari
Trigonotreta sp. Koenig 1825
"Neospirifer kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari Bion 1928
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae