sample 246, Log 3A, Ladakh Himalaya (Jurassic to of India)

Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (34.3° N, 76.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 46.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: U.A.Z. 1-3 zone, Karamba Formation, Aalenian to Aalenian (174.1 - 168.3 Ma)

• Aalenian-Middle Bajocian, possibly older?

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

• chert

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: T. Danelian and A. H. F. Robertson. 1997. Radiolarian evidence for the stratigraphy and palaeo-oceanography of the deep-water passive margin of the Indian Plate (Karamba Formation, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalya). Marine Micropaleontology 30:171-195 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131359: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 23.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Triactoma sp. Rüst 1885 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
? Stichocapsa japonica Yao 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum sp. Yao 1982 radiolarian
Hsuum aff. matsuokai Isozaki and Matsuda 1985 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Ares sp. De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
"Andromeda sp." = Palinandromeda
"Andromeda sp." = Palinandromeda Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Parvicingula sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora spp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
? Hexasaturnalis tetraspinus Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Gomberellidae
? Bernoullius sp. Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Archaeohagiastrum sp. Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
Tetraditryma sp. Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
Praeconocaryomma sp. Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Paronaella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs simplex Kito and De Wever 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Trillus aff. elkhornensis Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Zartus sp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parasaturnalidae
Parasaturnalis diplocyclis Yao 1972 radiolarian