Tinkar Lipu (Sandy Limestone): Carnian - Norian, Nepal
collected by Swiss Academy of Sciences Himalayan expedition 1936

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae
Cladiscites cf. pusillus (von Mojsisovics 1873)
synonym of Cladiscites quadratus
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes sp. Suess 1865
Arcestes cf. piae Diener 1919
recombined as Gonarcestes piae
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Dimorphites sp. Mojsisovics 1893
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Haloritidae
? Halorites sp. Mojsisovics 1879
Molengraaffites cf. compressus
Molengraaffites sp. Welter 1914
Anatomites cf. brocchi
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropiceltitidae
Styrites cf. signatus
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Anatropites sp. (Mojsisovics 1893)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thisbitidae
Thisbites sp. Mojsisovics 1893
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Sirenites cf. elegans von Mojsisovics 1896
recombined as Pseudosirenites elegans
Sirenites cf. alixis
Polycyclus sp. Mojsisovics 1889
replaced by Hannaoceras
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Paratibetites angustisellatus
Paratibetites adolphi von Mojsisovics 1896
Paratibetites cf. tornquisti von Mojsisovics 1896
Metacarnites sp. Diener 1908
? Welterites sp. Diener 1923
Hauerites cf. rarestriatus (Hauer 1849)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Clionitidae
Clionites sp. Mojsisovics 1893
replaced by Clionitites
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Placites sakuntala von Mojsisovics 1896
recombined as Paragymnites sakuntala
Placites polydactylus (von Mojsisovics 1873)
var. oldhami
Gymnites sp. von Mojsisovics 1882
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae
Pinacoceras sp. von Mojsisovics 1873
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
? Megaphyllites sp. Mojsisovics 1879
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
? Beyrichites sp. Waagen 1895
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Discophyllites sp. Hyatt 1900
Discophyllites aff. ebneri (Mojsisovics 1896)
Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Atractites sp. Guembel 1861
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Clydonautilidae
Proclydonautilus cf. acutilobatus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia styriaca (Mojsisovics 1874)
see common names

Geography
Country:Nepal State/province:Byans
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 81.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.1° South, 49.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Key time interval:Carnian - Norian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sandy Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:Swiss Academy of Sciences Himalayan expedition Collection dates:1936
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Metadata
Database number:214671
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2020-10-12 12:19:49 Last modified:2020-10-12 12:26:50
Access level:the public Released:2020-10-12 12:19:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74083. A. Jeannet. 1939. Palaeontological identifications, in (Heim & Gansser) Central Himalaya: Geologic Observations of the Swiss Expedition 1936. Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles 1-245 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]