Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (32.0° N, 78.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 60.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vercherites cf. pulchrum ammonoid zone, Mikin Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Part of Flemingites beds
Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Krystyn, O. N. Bhargava, and S. Richoz. 2007. A candidate GSSP for the base of the Olenekian Stage: Mud at Pin Valley; district Lahul & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalaya), India. Albertiana 35:5-20 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73221: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 07.06.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Vercherites cf. pulchrum Waagen 1895 ammonite |