SSE of Dowhat (1) 6-6-09 (Carboniferous of India)

Where: India (33.9° N, 75.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.2° S, 70.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fenestella Shales Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C.S. Middlemiss in 1909

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1915. The Anthracolithic faunae of Kashmir, Kanaur and Spiti. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 5(2):1-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230685: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2023

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Phillipsia sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cf. cora" = Linoproductus cora, "Productus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata
"Productus cf. cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
"Productus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata Defrance 1826
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus dowhatensis Diener 1915
"Productus dowhatensis var."
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Uncinulus sp. Bayle 1878
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer varuna" = Varuna varuna
"Spirifer varuna" = Varuna varuna Diener 1915
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
? Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"? Rutotia sp." = Streblopteria
"? Rutotia sp." = Streblopteria McCoy 1851 scallop