Jomsom A, bed 24 (Triassic of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (28.8° N, 83.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 53.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anatropites ammonoid zone, Upper Thinigaon Member (Mukut Formation), Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• informal "Upper Thinigaon" Beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl

• alternation of marly limestones and silty marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Krystyn. 1982. Obertriassische Ammonoideen aus dem Zentralnepalesischen Himalaya (Gebiet von Jomsom) [Upper Triassic ammonoids from the central Nepalese Himalaya (Jomsom area)]. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 36:1-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92124: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Hoplotropites auctus, Jovites dacus
Hoplotropites auctus Dittmar 1866 ceratite
Jovites dacus Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite