Jomsom A, bed 78b (Triassic of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (28.8° N, 83.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 48.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Guembelites jandianus ammonoid zone, Upper Thinigaon Member (Mukut Formation), Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 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 92128: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.11.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Griesbachites sp. von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Palicites mojsisovicsi Gemmellaro 1904 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae
Cladiscites crassestriatus von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
From "A78"
Paracladiscites indicus von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
From "A78"