Bren Spur Horizon 3: Sakmarian, India
collected by C.S. Middlemiss 1930

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Spirifer darwini Morris 1845
(2 measurements)
    = Tomiopsis angulata Campbell 1959
Termier et al. 1974
original and current combination Ingelarella angulata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Spirifer kimsari Bion 1928
recombined as Koenigoria kimsari
Spirifer paucicostulata Reed 1925
recombined as Koenigoria paucicostulata
(1 measurement)
Neospirifer hardmani (Foord 1890)
recombined as Quadrospira hardmani
variant
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella personata Reed 1932
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Dielasma cf. lidarense Diener 1915
recombined as Beecheria lidarensis
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris nagmargensis (Bion 1928)
recombined as Cyrtella nagmargensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" cf. jukesi McCoy 1847
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia cf. clarkei (Etheridge 1872)
recombined as Pseudostrophalosia clarkei
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Productus (Taeniothaerus) permixtus Reed 1932
recombined as Reedoconcha permixta
(1 measurement)
Productus (Buxtonia) kashmiricus n. sp. Reed 1932
synonym of Reedoconcha permixta
(2 measurements)
Productus (Taeniothaerus) brenensis n. sp. Reed 1932
synonym of Reedoconcha permixta
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
"Productus" sp.
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
? Streptorhynchus cf. hallianus Derby 1874
(1 measurement)
    = Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Angiolini et al. 1997
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. interrupta de Koninck 1898
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima aff. krotowi (Stuckenberg 1898)
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten informal sp. B M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Palaeolucina unica n. sp. Reed 1932
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
? Pleurophorus cf. tropidophorus Meek 1875
recombined as Permophorus tropidophorus
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenomorphidae
? Solenomorpha sp. Cockerell 1903
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Maeonia gracilis (Dana 1847)
variant
    = Myonia sp. Dana 1847
Waterhouse 1969
? Maeonia arbitrata n. sp. Reed 1932
recombined as Myonia arbitrata
(1 measurement)
Sanguinolites kashmiricus n. sp. Reed 1932
recombined as Praeundulomya kashmiricus
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Astartila transversa Dana 1847
synonym of Astartila intrepida
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemus cf. carbonarius (Cox 1857)
recombined as Euphemites carbonarius
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bucania cf. warthi (Waagen 1883)
recombined as Knightites (Retispira) warthi
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria" cf. euglyphea Girty 1908
recombined as Dictyotomaria euglyphea
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Kashmir
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 74.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.7° South, 63.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Sakmarian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Sakmarian
Age range of interval:293.52000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Agglomeratic Slate
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy "shale"
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:C.S. Middlemiss Collection dates:1930
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Survey of India
Metadata
Database number:86543
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-07 15:59:53 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-07 15:59:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26595. F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

27465 L. Angiolini, H. Bucher, A. Pillevuit, J.-P. Platel, J. Roger, J. Broutin, A. Baud, J. Marcoux, and H. Al Hashmi. 1997. Early Permian (Sakmarian) brachiopods from southeastern Oman. Geobios 30(3):379-405 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27426 G. Termier, H. Termier, A.F. Lapparent and P. Marin. 1974. Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2:1-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
14032 J. B. Waterhouse. 1969. The Permian bivalve genera Myonia, Megadesmus, Vacunella and their allies, and their occurrences in New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 41:6-141 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]