Guryul Ravine Khunamuh Formation, E3 (Triassic of India)

Where: Kashmir, India (34.0° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 60.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: E Member (Khunamuh Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Ophiceras zone fossils indicate upper Griesbachian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shale and limestone

• Unit E3, 9.9m, is a composed of alternation of limestone and shale. Shale is still dominant and contains fauna of Ophiceras zone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. M. Kapoor. 1996. The Guryul Ravine section, candidate of the global stratotype section and point of the Permo-Triassic boundary. The Palaeozoic-Mesozoic boundary candidates of global stratotype section and point of the Permian-Triassic boundary 99-110 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48915: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 04.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
"Ophiceras tibeticum" = Ophiceras tibeticum, "Ophiceras serpentinum" = Ophiceras tibeticum, Lytophiceras demissum
"Ophiceras tibeticum" = Ophiceras tibeticum Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Ophiceras serpentinum" = Ophiceras tibeticum Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Lytophiceras demissum ceratite
Probably Metophiceras
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Eumorphotis aff. bokharica" = Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis venetiana
"Eumorphotis aff. bokharica" = Eumorphotis striatocostata Stache 1878 scallop
Eumorphotis venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia aff. extrema Spath 1935 scallop
Claraia griesbachi Bittner 1899 scallop
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Foraminifera
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