Shalshal Cliff near Rimkin Paiar, Otoceras Beds (Triassic of India)

Where: India (30.9° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 60.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Otoceras beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• grey and black limestones with Otoceras and Ophiceras

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Kristan-Tollmann. 1984. Trias-Foraminiferen von Kumaun im Himalaya [Triassic foraminifers from Kumaun, Himalaya]. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologischen Gesellschaft 77:263-329 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85463: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2008, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras boreale1
Meekoceras boreale1 Diener 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Mullericeratidae
"Meekoceras (Koninckites) vidharba n. sp." = Ussuridiscus ornatus1
"Meekoceras (Koninckites) vidharba n. sp." = Ussuridiscus ornatus1 Ware and Bucher 2018 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Danubitidae
Danubites aff. planidorsatus1
Danubites aff. planidorsatus1 Diener 1897 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
"Ophiceras chamunda" = Ophiceras medium, "Ophiceras sakuntala" = Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras dharma1
"Ophiceras chamunda" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Ophiceras sakuntala" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Ophiceras dharma1 Diener 1897 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
"Meekoceras hodgsoni n. sp." = Ambites discus1
"Meekoceras hodgsoni n. sp." = Ambites discus1 Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Meekoceras (Kingites) varaha" = Koninckites varaha1
"Meekoceras (Kingites) varaha" = Koninckites varaha1 Diener 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
"Prosphingites kama" = Anotoceras kama1, "Otoceras woodwardi" = Otoceras woodwardi, "Metotoceras dieneri n. sp." = Otoceras woodwardi2
"Prosphingites kama" = Anotoceras kama1 Diener 1897 ceratite
"Otoceras woodwardi" = Otoceras woodwardi Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Metotoceras dieneri n. sp." = Otoceras woodwardi2 Griesbach 1880 ceratite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
"Medlicottia dalailamae n. sp." = Episageceras dalailamae1
"Medlicottia dalailamae n. sp." = Episageceras dalailamae1 Diener 1897 ammonite
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospirella jefimowae n. sp., Glomospirella ? umbilicata, ? Glomospirella sp., Glomospira gordialis, Glomospira diversa, Glomospira cf. glomospiroides, Glomospira sp.
? Glomospirella sp. Plummer 1945
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Pseudonodosaria postprocera, ? Pseudonodosaria sp., Dentalina citriformis, Dentalina aff. permiana, Nodosaria suchonensis
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
? Lingulina pijmae, Lingulina elegantula, ? Lingulina sp.
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
? Geinitzina sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis cf. paraminima
 Fusulinina - Nodosinellidae
? Nodosinella libera
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
? Ammovertella bulbosa
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp., Agathammina aff. pusilla
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
aff. Meandroloculina sp.
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Orthovertella shalshalensis n. sp., Orthovertella paiarensis n. sp., Orthovertella sp., Meandrospira dieneri n. sp.
Orthovertella sp. Cushman and Waters 1928
 Miliolida -
"Glomospira sinensis" = Hoyenella sinensis
"Glomospira sinensis" = Hoyenella sinensis Ho 1959
1Diener 1897; 2Spath 1934