Also known as Reef 2406
Where: India (31.6° N, 78.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 144.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Manchap Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• Age uncertain but most likely Wenlockian following: Brunton, F.R., Smith, L., Dixon, O.A., Copper, P., Nestor, H., 1998. Silurian reef episodes, changing seascapes, and paleobiogeography. New York State Museum Bulletin 491, 265-282.
•Fossil data comprise whole formation, but are mostly from Unit III
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: O. M. Bhargava and U. K. Bassi. 1986. Silurian reefal buildups: Spiti-Kinnaur, Himachal Himalaya, India. Facies 15:35-52 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 36257: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.01.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Kamaena sp. Antropov 1967 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropoda sp. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Euomphalidae sp. White 1877 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Pentamerus sp. Sowerby 1813 | |
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911 | |
? Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850 | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Radiastrea sp. horn coral | |
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral | |
Ptychophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral | |
? Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral | |
Plasmopora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral | |
Plasmoporella sp. Kiaer 1899 tabulate coral | |
? Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral | |
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Favosites spitiensis tabulate coral | |
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral | |
Arthrophycus sp. Hall 1852
Rusophycus sp. Hall 1852
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833 |