Where: Nepal (28.8° N, 83.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° S, 47.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Himavatites columbianus ammonoid zone, Tarap Formation, Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone and lithified, sandy marl
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 92142: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Paratibetites bertrandi von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite | |
Distichites cf. harpalos Dittmar 1866 ceratite
Pleurodistichites trailli Diener 1906 ceratite
Trachypleuraspidites griffithi Diener 1906 ceratite | |
Parajuvavites sp. von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite | |
Pinacoceras metternichi Hauer 1846 ceratite |