Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass (Permian of India)

Where: India (31.0° N, 79.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° S, 59.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Productus Shale Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permian fossils of the Productus Shales of Kumaon and Gurhwal. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107358: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes vishnu" = Quinquenella vishnu
"Chonetes vishnu" = Quinquenella vishnu Salter 1865
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Cancrinella polliciformis" = Costatumulus polliciformis2
"Cancrinella polliciformis" = Costatumulus polliciformis2 Waterhouse 1978
Slabs made up entirely of its shells
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cf. cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini
"Productus cf. cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini de Verneuil 1845
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus cf. serialis" = Waagenoconcha serialis, "Productus gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica, "Productus purdoni" = Contraspina purdoni
"Productus cf. serialis" = Waagenoconcha serialis Waagen 1884
"Productus gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica Diener 1897
"Productus purdoni" = Contraspina purdoni Davidson 1862
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigerella derbyi Waagen 1883
Himathyris gerardi1 Diener 1899
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer nitiensis n. sp." = Fusispirifer nitiensis, "Neospirifer ambiensis" = Betaneospirifer ambiensis2, "Spirifer ravana n. sp." = Wadispirifer ravana, "Spirifer aff. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger
"Spirifer nitiensis n. sp." = Fusispirifer nitiensis Diener 1897
"Neospirifer ambiensis" = Betaneospirifer ambiensis2 Waagen 1883
"Spirifer ravana n. sp." = Wadispirifer ravana Diener 1897
"Spirifer aff. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten hiemalis" = Etheripecten hiemalis
"Aviculopecten hiemalis" = Etheripecten hiemalis Salter 1865 scallop