Track southeast of Phitse La, south Zanskar Range (Permian of India)

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (33.0° N, 77.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° S, 60.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Testha Sandstone Member (Gungri Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1985. Two new brachiopod genera from the Permian Lamnimargus himalayensis zone of the Himalayas. In V.J. Gupta (ed.), Geology of Western Himalayas, Contributions to Himalayan Geology 3:212-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120524: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Sandrella platina n. gen. n. sp.
Sandrella platina n. gen. n. sp. Waterhouse 1985