Where: India (30.3° N, 81.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 60.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Productus Shales Formation, Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Brachiopods are typical Late Permian species, but ammonoid fauna is enigmatic

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F.H. Smith in 1899

• Repository: Geological Survey of India

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230339: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2023

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