Gate, Bed 14 [Giumal Sandstone] (Cretaceous of India)

Where: India (32.4° N, 78.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 46.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Giumal Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Giumal Sandstone, which overlies the Spiti Shale (Tithonian) AGE: Early Berrisian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy; Neocosmoceras association. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 14, lower Giumal Sandstone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Siliciclastic marine environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Concretionary shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably D. B. Pathak. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly the Dept of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, India.

Primary reference: D. B. Pathak. 2007. Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary in the Spiti Himilaya, India. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 52(1):51-57 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83611: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but comprehensive for ammonoidea. Other taxonomic groups known to be present include belemnoidea. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but using modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications.
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unclassified
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Berroasella sp.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Spiticeras sp.
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Neocosmoceras cf. octagonus, Neocomites sp., Kilianella sp., Odontodiscoceras odontodiscus
Neocomites sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Kilianella sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite