Spur 3km North of Barus Unit e (Permian of India)

Where: Kashmir, India (34.0° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° S, 60.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zewan Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: calcareous sandstone and calcareous shale

• Alternation of calcareous sandstone and shale with limestone

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H.M. Kapoor and K. Nakazawa. 1981. The Upper Permian and Lower Triassic faunas of Kashmir. Palaeontologia Indica New Series 46:1-205 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48994: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus ishii elasmobranch
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae