Where: Nepal (28.9° N, 83.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° S, 61.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Senja Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• Uppermost horizon of the Permian at base of limestone bed 1.5 m thick that contains a Lower Triassic fauna in its upper part. There is about 1 m of unfossiliferous limestone between the Triassic and the Permian faunas.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: H. Flügel. 1966. Paläozoische Korallen aus der Tibetischen Zone von Dolpo (Nepal). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 12:101-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99791: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2010, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Spiriferella nepalensis1 Legrand-Blain 1976 | |
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Betaneospirifer ambiensis5 Waagen 1883 | |
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Cleiothyridina subexpansa2 Waagen 1883 | |
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? Punctospirifer sp.2 North 1920 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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? Neochonetes sp.2 Muir-Wood 1962 | |
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Retimarginifera sheni4 Waterhouse 2004 | |
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Anidanthus fusiformis2 Waterhouse 1966 | |
"Echinalosia kalikotei" = Marginalosia kalikotei3
"Echinalosia kalikotei" = Marginalosia kalikotei3 Waterhouse 1975 Marginifera sp. of Waterhouse, 1966 (pl 3, fig 5 only)
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| Anthozoa | |
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Plerophyllum sp. Hinde 1890 horn coral
Plerophyllum schindewolfi n. sp. Flügel 1966 horn coral | |
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Wannerophyllum "n. sp. A" Schouppe 1955 horn coral | |
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Gertholites curvatus Waagen and Wentzel 1886 tabulate coral | |