South of Pomarang (Kuling shales) (Permian of India)

Where: India (32.0° N, 78.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° S, 59.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gungri Formation (Kuling Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• "Kuling shales with Bellerophon"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Krafft

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1903. Permian fossils of the Central Himalayas. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(5):1-204 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230622: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon cf. vigilii Stache 1877 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Arceodomidae
"Conocardium aff. siculo" = Arceodomus siculum
"Conocardium aff. siculo" = Arceodomus siculum Gemmellaro 1890
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
"Oxytoma laticostatum" = Cyrtorostra laticostata
"Oxytoma laticostatum" = Cyrtorostra laticostata Nechaev 1894 scallop
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis teplofi de Verneuil 1845 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
"Solemya (Janeia) biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Entalis aff. herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum
"Entalis aff. herculea" = Minodentalium herculeum de Koninck 1863 tusk shell
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus cf. gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica
"Productus cf. gangeticus" = Waagenoconcha gangetica Diener 1897
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigera gerardi" = Himathyris gerardi
"Spirigera gerardi" = Himathyris gerardi Diener 1899