PBDB Collection

Muktinath, nördlich des Annapuma-Massivs (Jurassic of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (28.8° N, 83.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° S, 44.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; black slate

• Dunkler bis blauschwarzer Schiefer, der infolge starken Eisengehaltes bräunlich

•verwittert. Massenhaft auftretende septarienartige Geoden, deren Durchmesser im cm- bis m-Bereich liegt, sind in die Schichtung eingeregelt. Oberflächlich ist das Gestein durch Verwitterung aufgelockert und läßt sich schürfen, nach unten jedoch wird es fester und manche Partien sind splitterhart.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Helmstaedt. 1969. Eine Ammoniten-Fauna aus den Spiti-Schiefern von Muktinath in Nepal. Zitteliana 1:63-88 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142312: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae	"Pterolytoceras cf. exoticum" = Pterolytoceras exoticus "Pterolytoceras cf. exoticum" = Pterolytoceras exoticus Oppel 1863 ammonite
Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae	Epimayaites aff. waageni Epimayaites aff. waageni Uhlig 1910 ammonite
Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae	Katroliceras waageni, ? Lemencia sp. Katroliceras waageni Spath 1933 ammonite ? Lemencia sp. Donze and Enay 1961 ammonite
Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae	Aulacosphinctoides radialecostatus, Aulacosphinctoides cf. perrinsmithi, Aulacosphinctoides tibetanus, Aulacosphinctoides cf. subtorquatus, Subplanites sp., Subplanites nepalensis, Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis Aulacosphinctoides radialecostatus Steiger 1914 ammonite Aulacosphinctoides cf. perrinsmithi Uhlig 1910 ammonite Aulacosphinctoides tibetanus Uhlig 1910 ammonite Aulacosphinctoides cf. subtorquatus Uhlig 1910 ammonite Subplanites sp. ammonite Subplanites nepalensis Helmstaedt 1969 ammonite Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis Helmstaedt 1969 ammonite
Ammonitida - Simoceratidae	Simoceratidae indet. Simoceratidae indet. Spath 1924 ammonite
Ammonitida - Neocomitidae	? Thurmanniceras sp., Paraboliceratoides sp., Blanfordiceras aff. tenuicostatum, Blanfordiceras cricki, Blanfordiceras boehmi, Blanfordiceras acuticosta, Blanfordiceras latidomus, Blanfordiceras wallichi, Blanfordiceras subquadratum, Blanfordiceras cf. applanatum, Blanfordiceras muktinathense, Blanfordiceras rotundidoma, Berriasella sp., Berriasella cf. callisto, Paraboliceras aff. jubar, Paraboliceras cf. haugi, Paraboliceras aff. sabineanum, Paraboliceras cf. sabineanum, Paraboliceras aff. cyrtoptychum, Paraboliceras aff. fascicostatum, Paraboliceras sp., Substeueroceras uhligi, Kossmatia tenuistriata, Kossmatia sp., Kossmatia aff. desmidoptycba ? Thurmanniceras sp. Cossmann 1901 ammonite Paraboliceratoides sp. ammonite Blanfordiceras aff. tenuicostatum Collignon 1960 ammonite Blanfordiceras cricki Uhlig 1910 ammonite Blanfordiceras boehmi Uhlig 1910 ammonite Blanfordiceras acuticosta Uhlig 1910 ammonite Blanfordiceras latidomus Uhlig 1910 ammonite Blanfordiceras wallichi Gray 1832 ammonite Blanfordiceras subquadratum Uhlig 1910 ammonite Blanfordiceras cf. applanatum Uhlig 1910 ammonite Blanfordiceras muktinathense Helmstaedt 1969 ammonite Blanfordiceras rotundidoma Uhlig 1910 ammonite including spp. rotundum Berriasella sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite Berriasella cf. callisto d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite Paraboliceras aff. jubar ammonite Paraboliceras cf. haugi ammonite Paraboliceras aff. sabineanum ammonite Paraboliceras cf. sabineanum ammonite Paraboliceras aff. cyrtoptychum ammonite Paraboliceras aff. fascicostatum ammonite Paraboliceras sp. ammonite Substeueroceras uhligi Helmstaedt 1969 ammonite Kossmatia tenuistriata ammonite Kossmatia sp. Uhlig 1907 ammonite Kossmatia aff. desmidoptycba ammonite
Ammonitida - Himalayitidae	Corongoceras aff. lotenoense, Himalayites aff. seideli Corongoceras aff. lotenoense Spath 1925 ammonite Himalayites aff. seideli Oppel 1863 ammonite
Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae	Groebericeras sp. Groebericeras sp. ammonite
Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae	Belemnopsis gerardi Belemnopsis gerardi Oppel 1856 belemnite
Bivalvia
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus stoliczkai, Inoceramus everesti Inoceramus stoliczkai clam Inoceramus everesti Oppel 1862 clam
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae	Rhynchonella sp. Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809