Where: India (32.0° N, 78.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° S, 59.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gungri Formation (Kuling Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• "Kuling shales with Bellerophon"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Krafft
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 230622: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.07.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Productus cf. gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica
"Productus cf. gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica Diener 1897 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirigera gerardi" = Himathyris gerardi
"Spirigera gerardi" = Himathyris gerardi Diener 1899 | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Entalis aff. herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum
"Entalis aff. herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum de Koninck 1863 tusk shell | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium aff. siculo" = Arceodomus siculum
"Conocardium aff. siculo" = Arceodomus siculum Gemmellaro 1890 | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolopsis teplofi de Verneuil 1845 clam | |
"Oxytoma laticostatum" = Cyrtorostra laticostata
"Oxytoma laticostatum" = Cyrtorostra laticostata Nechaev 1894 scallop | |
"Solemya (Janeia) biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
"Solemya (Janeia) biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophon cf. vigilii Stache 1877 snail |