W1217, Karnali Unspecified: Changhsingian, Nepal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella oblata Waterhouse 1978
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Arctitreta plata Waterhouse 1978
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Marginalosia kalikotei (Waterhouse 1975)
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Megasteges nepalensis Waterhouse 1975
see common names

Geography
Country:Nepal
Coordinates: 29.5° North, 83.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.3° South, 53.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Changhsingian
Age range of interval: 254.14 - 251.902 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Namlang Formation:Senja Member:Luri
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Correlation is difficult, but stratigraphic position suggests Changhsingian age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Some collections were of individual specimens, others as large as possible under the circumstances, with a few localities represented by rock weighing more than 50 kg. Most collections were made from just over 50 measured sections, and are under good stratigraphic control.
Metadata
Database number:120490
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-11-14 10:21:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-14 10:21:45
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11418. J. B. Waterhouse. 1978. Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from north-west Nepal. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(1-6):1-175 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]