Lissar valley, two miles south of Dharma No. XI: Lopingian, India
collected by T. D. LaTouche 1899

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Productus cf. gangeticus Diener 1897
1 specimen
recombined as Waagenoconcha gangetica
Productus cf. purdoni Davidson 1862
1 specimen
recombined as Contraspina purdoni
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Marginifera himalayensis Diener 1899
26 specimens
recombined as Lamnimargus himalayensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Dielasma latouchei n. sp. Diener 1903
18 specimens
recombined as Hoskingia latouchei
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spirifer rajah Salter 1865
15 specimens
recombined as Spiriferella rajah
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Spirifer musakheylensis (Davidson 1862)
2 specimens
    = Cratispirifer macroplica n. sp. Waterhouse 2004
Waterhouse 2004
Spirifer bambadhurensis n. sp. Diener 1903
3 specimens
recombined as Imperiospira bambadhurensis
Spirifer cf. ravana Diener 1897
1 specimen
recombined as Wadispirifer ravana
Spirifer nitiensis Diener 1897
10 specimens
recombined as Fusispirifer nitiensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Spirifer joharensis Diener 1897
4 specimens
recombined as Pteroplecta joharensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigera (Athyris) gerardi (Diener 1899)
14 specimens
recombined as Himathyris gerardi
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria cf. punjabica Waagen 1880
3 specimens
recombined as Callistadia punjabica
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:India
Coordinates: 30.5° North, 80.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.3° South, 59.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Lopingian
Age range of interval:259.51000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Productus Shales
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:T. D. LaTouche Collection dates:1899
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Survey of India
Metadata
Database number:230331
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2023-06-10 13:16:31 Last modified:2023-06-10 13:24:22
Access level:the public Released:2023-06-10 13:16:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

20634. C. Diener. 1903. Permian fossils of the Central Himalayas. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(5):1-204 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

27371 J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/B. Allen]