Chichim, Spiti Shale, Aulacosphinctoides/Paraboliceras zone, Himachal Pradesh (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (32.3° N, 78.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° S, 45.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Spiti Shale Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• Aulacosphinctoides/Paraboliceras zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• grey to black shales

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. B. Pathak. 1997. Ammonoid stratigraphy of the Spiti Shale Formation in Spiti Himalaya, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 50:191-200 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65889: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
"Hybonoticeras hybonotum" = Hybonoticeras hybonotus
"Hybonoticeras hybonotum" = Hybonoticeras hybonotus Oppel 1863 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Katroliceras cf. pottingeri
Katroliceras cf. pottingeri Sowerby 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Kossmatia desmidoptychus, Kossmatia tenuistriata, Kossmatia aff. koeneni, Paraboliceras rectacostatus, Paraboliceras himalayanus, Paraboliceras tibeticus, Paraboliceras sabineanus, Paraboliceras cf. fascicostatus, Paraboliceras pumpekii, Paraboliceras spitiensis, Paraboliceras cf. spitiensis, Paraboliceras polysphinctus
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Aulacosphinctoides uhligi, Aulacosphinctoides aff. linoptychus, Aulacosphinctoides sp.
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Uhligites sp., Gymnodiscoceras griesbachi, Gymnodiscoceras lymani
Uhligites sp. Kilian 1913 ammonite
sp. 2