Jomsom A, bed 86 (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: Malayites paulckei 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 92134: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Gandakites kelviniformis n. gen. Diener 1908 ceratite
Ammotibetites timorensis n. sp. Krystyn 1982 ceratite
Ammotibetites elisae n. sp. Krystyn 1982 ceratite
Ammotibetites wheeleri n. gen. Diener 1906 ceratite
Ammotibetites parawheeleri n. sp. Krystyn 1982 ceratite
Metacarnites hendersoni Diener 1908 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
Miltites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Miltites cf. fuchsi Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Miltites rastli Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Griesbachites hanni von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite