PP2, Peak 17315, Marsyangdi Manang area (Permian of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (28.7° N, 83.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.4° S, 52.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puchenpra Member (Senja Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• lower part of the member; Biplatyconcha grandis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• conglomeratic sandstone, rich in fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse and Z.Q. Chen. 2006. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Late Permian Senja Formation, Manang area, Nepal Himalaya. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 275(1-3):55-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62441: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.07.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Collabrina lunulata Waterhouse 1978 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceratidae indet. Hall 1859 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Clavicosta rugatula Waterhouse 1978 scallop
 Pectinida - Dolponellidae
Dolponella sulcata Waterhouse 1978 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Pondospirifer crassiconcha Waterhouse and Chen 2007
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Coolkilella khangsarensis n. sp. Waterhouse and Chen 2007
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Echinalosia perforata n. sp. Waterhouse and Chen 2007
Marginalosia kalikotei Waterhouse 1975
Biplatyconcha grandis Waterhouse 1975
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Saeptathaerus latus Waterhouse and Chen 2007