Chumik Marpo ZG57, Lingti River, Lahul (Permian of India)

Where: India (33.0° N, 77.4° E: paleocoordinates 56.6° S, 63.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: A Member (Chumik Formation), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Collected from talus below ZG45 section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold and M. Gaetani. 1993. Early Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the northwest Himalaya, India. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99(1):27-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89378: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Pachymyonia sp. Dun 1932 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
Chonetoidea indet. Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes (Sommeriella) marpoensis n. sp. Archbold and Gaetani 1993
Tivertonia chumikensis Archbold and Gaetani 1993
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Hoskingia sp. Campbell 1965
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari
"Neospirifer kimsari" = Koenigoria kimsari Bion 1928