Where: Black Mountain, Bhutan (27.4° N, 90.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 172.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Kaolishania granulosa trilobite zone, Pele La Quartzite Formation (Pele La Group), Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, fine-grained, red, sandy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Nigel Hughes, Paul Myrow, O.N. Bhargava in 2001
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: N. C. Hughes, P. M. Myrow, N. R. McKenzie, D. A. T. Harper, O. N. Bhargava, S. K. Tangri, K. S. Ghalley and C.M. Fanning. 2011. Cambrian rocks and faunas of the Black Mountain region, Bhutan. Geological Magazine 148:351-379 [N. Hughes/N. Hughes]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141306: authorized by Nigel Hughes, entered by Nigel Hughes on 23.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Strophomenata | |
Billingsella cf. tonkiniana Mansuy 1915 | |
Trilobita | |
Taipaikia glabra Endo and Resser 1937 trilobite
Kaolishania granulosa trilobite |