Where: Byans, Nepal (30.1° N, 81.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° S, 49.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sandy Limestone Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Swiss Academy of Sciences Himalayan expedition in 1936
• Repository: Geological Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Primary reference: A. Jeannet. 1939. Palaeontological identifications, in (Heim & Gansser) Central Himalaya: Geologic Observations of the Swiss Expedition 1936. Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles 1-245 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214671: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 12.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Placites polydactylus oldhami ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Halobia styriaca Mojsisovics 1874 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Discophyllites sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Discophyllites aff. ebneri Mojsisovics 1896 ammonite | |
Anatropites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
Anatomites cf. brocchi ceratite
? Halorites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Molengraaffites cf. compressus ceratite
Molengraaffites sp. Welter 1914 ceratite | |
Thisbites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
Styrites cf. signatus ceratite | |
Dimorphites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
"Cladiscites cf. pusillus" = Cladiscites quadratus
"Cladiscites cf. pusillus" = Cladiscites quadratus von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite | |
Arcestes sp., "Arcestes cf. piae" = Gonarcestes piae
Arcestes sp. Suess 1865 ceratite
"Arcestes cf. piae" = Gonarcestes piae Diener 1919 ceratite | |
? Beyrichites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite | |
"Sirenites cf. elegans" = Pseudosirenites elegans, Sirenites cf. alixis, "Polycyclus sp." = Hannaoceras
"Sirenites cf. elegans" = Pseudosirenites elegans von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Sirenites cf. alixis ceratite
"Polycyclus sp." = Hannaoceras Tomlin 1931 ceratite | |
"Placites sakuntala" = Paragymnites sakuntala, Gymnites sp.
"Placites sakuntala" = Paragymnites sakuntala von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Gymnites sp. von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite | |
Pinacoceras sp. von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite | |
? Megaphyllites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite | |
? Welterites sp., Hauerites cf. rarestriatus, Metacarnites sp., Paratibetites angustisellatus, Paratibetites adolphi, Paratibetites cf. tornquisti
? Welterites sp. Diener 1923 ceratite
Hauerites cf. rarestriatus Hauer 1849 ceratite
Metacarnites sp. Diener 1908 ceratite
Paratibetites angustisellatus ceratite
Paratibetites adolphi von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Paratibetites cf. tornquisti von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite | |
"Clionites sp." = Clionitites
"Clionites sp." = Clionitites Strand 1929 ceratite | |
Atractites sp. Guembel 1861 belemnite | |
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 |