Guryul Ravine Bed 31, Member C (Permian of India)

Where: Kashmir, India (34.1° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 59.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: C Member (Zewan Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: W. M. Furnish, B. F. Glenister, K. Nakazawa and H. M. Kapoor. 1973. Permian ammonoid Cyclolobus from the Zewan Formation, Guryul Ravine, Kashmir. Science 180:188-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115367: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
? Chonetina sp.2
? Chonetina sp.2 Krotow 1888
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
Dyscritella sp.1
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Plagioglypta sp.1
Plagioglypta sp.1 Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus cf. subovalis1
Permophorus cf. subovalis1 Waagen 1881 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima middlemissi1
Palaeolima middlemissi1 Nakazawa 1981 file clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.1
Phestia sp.1 Chernyshev 1951 clam
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Cyclolobus walkeri
Cyclolobus walkeri Diener 1903 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Xenaspis sp." = Xenodiscus1
"Xenaspis sp." = Xenodiscus1 Waagen 1879 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) blanfordianus1
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Nodosinellidae
Nodosinella sp.1
1Nakazawa et al. 1975; 2Shimizu 1981