Where: India (30.9° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 60.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• Otoceras beds
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: E. Kristan-Tollmann. 1984. Trias-Foraminiferen von Kumaun im Himalaya [Triassic foraminifers from Kumaun, Himalaya]. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologischen Gesellschaft 77:263-329 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85463: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2008, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Glomospirella jefimowae n. sp., Glomospirella ? umbilicata, ? Glomospirella sp., Glomospira gordialis, Glomospira diversa, Glomospira cf. glomospiroides, Glomospira sp.
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Nodosariata | |
Tubothalamea | |
"Glomospira sinensis" = Hoyenella sinensis
"Glomospira sinensis" = Hoyenella sinensis Ho 1959 | |
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Agathammina aff. pusilla Geinitz 1848 | |
Orthovertella shalshalensis n. sp., Orthovertella paiarensis n. sp., Orthovertella sp., Meandrospira dieneri n. sp.
Orthovertella shalshalensis n. sp.
Orthovertella paiarensis n. sp.
Orthovertella sp. Cushman and Waters 1928
Meandrospira dieneri n. sp. | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Medlicottia dalailamae n. sp." = Episageceras dalailamae1
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"Prosphingites kama" = Anotoceras kama1, "Otoceras woodwardi" = Otoceras woodwardi, "Metotoceras dieneri n. sp." = Otoceras woodwardi2
"Otoceras woodwardi" = Otoceras woodwardi Griesbach 1880 ceratite | |
"Ophiceras sakuntala" = Ophiceras medium, "Ophiceras chamunda" = Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras dharma1
"Ophiceras sakuntala" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Ophiceras chamunda" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite | |
"Meekoceras hodgsoni n. sp." = Ambites discus1
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"Meekoceras (Koninckites) vidharba n. sp." = Ussuridiscus ornatus1
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"Meekoceras (Kingites) varaha" = Koninckites varaha1
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