Thakkhola, Tt-9-79 (Triassic of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (28.4° N, 84.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° S, 63.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: subrobustus ammonoid zone, A Member (Thinigaon Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; dolomite

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve

Primary reference: E.W. Hatleberg and D.K. Clark. 1984. Lower Triassic conodonts and biofacies interpretations: Nepal and Svalbard. Geologica et Palaeontologica 18:101-125 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212446: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 13.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Ellisoniidae
Ellisonia sp. conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
"Neospathodus homeri" = Triassospathodus homeri, "Neospathodus triangularis" = Novispathodus triangularis, Neogondolella cf. timorensis, Neospathodus sp., "Neospathodus cf. spathi" = Spathicuspus spathi
"Neospathodus homeri" = Triassospathodus homeri Bender 1970 conodont
"Neospathodus triangularis" = Novispathodus triangularis Bender 1970 conodont
Neospathodus sp. Mosher 1968 conodont
includes 2 indeterminate species (7, 11 specimens)
"Neospathodus cf. spathi" = Spathicuspus spathi Sweet 1970 conodont