Ridge between Dharma and Lissar valleys (Triassic of India)

Where: Uttarakhand, India (30.4° N, 80.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 62.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by La Touche

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1907. The Fauna of the Himalayan Muschelkalk. Palaeontologia Indica 15(5):1-140 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206204: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina stracheyi" = Tulungospirifer stracheyi
"Spiriferina stracheyi" = Tulungospirifer stracheyi Salter 1865
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Dielasma himalayanum" = Adygella himalayana
"Dielasma himalayanum" = Adygella himalayana Bittner 1899
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia dharmaensis n. sp.
Worthenia dharmaensis n. sp. Blaschke 1907 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Ceratites superbiformis, Ceratites thuilleri, Hollandites airavata, Hollandites ravana, Hollandites hidimba, Hollandites dungara, Beyrichites rudra
Ceratites superbiformis Diener 1907 ceratite
Ceratites thuilleri Oppel 1863 ceratite
Hollandites airavata Diener 1895 ceratite
Hollandites ravana Diener 1895 ceratite
Hollandites hidimba Diener 1895 ceratite
Hollandites dungara Diener 1895 ceratite
Beyrichites rudra Diener 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
"Gymnites jollyanus" = Epigymnites jollyanus, Gymnites sankara
"Gymnites jollyanus" = Epigymnites jollyanus Oppel 1863 ceratite
Gymnites sankara Diener 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
"Acrochordiceras cf. carolinae" = Acrochordiceras carolinae, "Acrochordiceras aff. pustericum" = Acrochordiceras carolinae, "Acrochordiceras balarama" = Acrochordiceras hyatti
"Acrochordiceras cf. carolinae" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Acrochordiceras aff. pustericum" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Acrochordiceras balarama" = Acrochordiceras hyatti Meek 1877 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Danubitidae
Pseudodanubites dritarashtra
Pseudodanubites dritarashtra Diener 1895 ceratite
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Grypoceras aff. palladii
Grypoceras aff. palladii Mojsisovics 1886
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia sp." = Gervillia
"Gervilleia sp." = Gervillia Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonomya sp." = Posidonia, Posidonomya cf. bosniaca
"Posidonomya sp." = Posidonia Bronn 1828 oyster
Posidonomya cf. bosniaca Bittner 1902 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp.
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam