Tamba Kurkur Fm, Manang (Triassic to of Nepal)

Also known as 47/1-3

Where: Nepal (28.7° N, 84.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.8° S, 53.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tamba Kurkur Formation, Dienerian to Dienerian (250.5 - 247.2 Ma)

• Samples from the lowest 1 m of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified wackestone

• Bioclastic wackestone, thin-bedded, frequently nodular, with subordinate layers of shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: G. Fuchs, R. W. Widder, and R. Tuladhar. 1988. Contributions to the geology of the Annapurna Range. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 131:593-607 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63521: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 15.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Neospathodus nepalensis, Neospathodus cf. pakistanensis, Neospathodus cristagalli, Neospathodus cf. dieneri
Neospathodus cf. pakistanensis Sweet 1970 conodont
Neospathodus cristagalli Huckriede 1958 conodont
Neospathodus cf. dieneri Sweet 1970 conodont
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
originally entered as "Crinoida indet."
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina sp.
Monoceratina sp. Roth 1928 ostracod
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.