Charka Khola, Locality 130 (Permian of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (29.1° N, 83.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° S, 61.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Senja Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• From shaly limestone of upper part of Permian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Gerhard Fuchs in 1963

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1966. Lower Carboniferous and Upper Permian Brachiopods from Nepal. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 12:5-99 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120446: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Costiferina alata" = Costiferina indica
"Costiferina alata" = Costiferina indica Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer moosakhailensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis
"Neospirifer moosakhailensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Davidson 1862
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella nepalensis Legrand-Blain 1976