Muth MO6 Bed 13B: Induan - Olenekian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae
"Meekoceras" pulchrum Waagen 1895
recombined as Vercherites pulchrum
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
Kashmirites sp. Diener 1913
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Rohillites rohilla
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Pseudohedenstroemia himalayica
synonym of Hedenstroemia
Parakymatites discoides Waagen 1895
synonym of Mesohedenstroemia kwangsiana
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Pseudaspenites muthianus
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 78.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° South, 60.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:3925 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Induan - Olenekian
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mikin
Local section:MO6 Local bed:13B
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Part of Flemingites beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: gray well oxygenated and bioturbated bioclastic wackestones rich in fragments or complete specimens of large ammonoids (beds 13-16)
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: The Himalayan Lower Triassic thus formed part of a large deeper-neritic basin and the Spiti sediments were deposited on wide stable shelf to provide extensive continuity to the beds
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:73236
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-07 01:48:49 Last modified:2007-06-07 04:48:49
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-07 01:48:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24526. L. Krystyn, O. N. Bhargava, and S. Richoz. 2007. A candidate GSSP for the base of the Olenekian Stage: Mud at Pin Valley; district Lahul & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalaya), India. Albertiana 35:5-20 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Uhen]