Khonoma (Permian of India)

Also known as Risin Spur

Where: India (34.1° N, 74.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° S, 60.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Risin Member (Mamal Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Derived from Gangamopteris beds, which lie below the Late Permian Zewan beds and above the late Early Permian Panjal Traps. From Risin member of Mamal Formation according to Kapoor et al. (1993).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Unclear whether it postdates rift-drift transition, but associated with rift-related volcanics

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128322: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 06.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Gondwanoblatta reticulata n. sp.
Gondwanoblatta reticulata n. sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach