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 | |
"Costiferina alata" = Costiferina indica
"Costiferina alata" = Costiferina indica Waagen 1884 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Neospirifer moosakhailensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis
"Neospirifer moosakhailensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Davidson 1862 | |
Spiriferella nepalensis Legrand-Blain 1976 |