Pin Fm., Pin Valley, near Farka Muth village, unit P/12: Ashgill, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
Lichenalia concentrica Hall 1852
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
Oanduellina himalayaica
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Stellatodictya plana
Phaenopora ordinarius
Cladodictya markhensis
Ptilodictya exiliformis
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Ulrichostylus bhargavai
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Discotrypa aff. elegans
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Orbignyella aff. lamellosa
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Dekayia gregaria
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Calloporella harrisi Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa suecica Brood 1978
Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae
? Pesnastylus vesiculosum
see common names

Geography
Country:India County:Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 78.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° South, 148.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Ashgill Conodont zone: Amorphognathus ordovicicus
Age range of interval:449.60000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pin
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Lithology description: 80 m of sandy to pure limestone, yielding abundant remains of shallow-marine organisms (calcareous algae, stromatoporoids, corals, brachiopods, bryozoans, echinoderms, molluscs, trilobites and conodonts).
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:144040
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate,mid-Pz
Created:2013-04-29 18:29:56 Last modified:2024-03-31 19:20:45
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-07-29 18:29:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46563. T. J. Suttner and A. Ernst. 2007. Upper Ordovician bryozoans of the Pin Formation (Spiti Valley, Northern India). Palaeontology 50(6):1485-1518 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]