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 | |
Stutchburia sp. Etheridge 1900 clam | |
Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam
? Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam | |
? Astartila sp. Dana 1847 clam
Megadesmus sp. Sowerby 1838 clam | |
? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Parallelodon cf. brenensis Reed 1932 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
Tivertonia chumikensis n. sp.
Tivertonia chumikensis n. sp. Archbold and Gaetani 1993 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Trigonotreta sp., "Neospirifer kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari
Trigonotreta sp. Koenig 1825
"Neospirifer kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari Bion 1928 | |
Cyrtella nagmargensis Bion 1928 | |
Scyphozoa | |
Paraconularia sp. jellyfish |