Shalshal Cliff, Bed 2, Rimkin Paiar (Triassic of India)

Where: India (30.8° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 60.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone

• Dark gray limestone with shaly layers

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. L. Griesbach. 1880. Palaeontological notes on the Lower Trias of the Himalayas. Records of the Geological Survey of India 13:94-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110990: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp.
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria ovata" = Neoschizodus ovatus
"Myophoria ovata" = Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola triquetra" = Modiolus triquetra
"Modiola triquetra" = Modiolus triquetra Seebach 1862 mussel
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonomya angusta" = Posidonia
"Posidonomya angusta" = Posidonia oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia mytiloides
Gervillia mytiloides Schlotheim 1820 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Avicula venetiana" = Eumorphotis venetiana
"Avicula venetiana" = Eumorphotis venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
"Nautilus brahmanicus n. sp." = Grypoceras brahmanicum
"Nautilus brahmanicus n. sp." = Grypoceras brahmanicum Griesbach 1880 nautiloid
 Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
Otoceras woodwardi n. gen. n. sp.
Otoceras woodwardi n. gen. n. sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras medium n. sp., "Trachyceras gibbosum n. sp." = Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras tibeticum n. sp.
Ophiceras medium n. sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Trachyceras gibbosum n. sp." = Ophiceras gibbosum Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Ophiceras tibeticum n. sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
""Xenodiscus" gangeticus" = Gyrophiceras gangeticum
""Xenodiscus" gangeticus" = Gyrophiceras gangeticum de Koninck 1863 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
"Ptychites lawrencianus" = Proptychites lawrencianus, "Xenodiscus buchianus" = Prionolobus buchianus
"Ptychites lawrencianus" = Proptychites lawrencianus de Koninck 1863 ceratite
"Xenodiscus buchianus" = Prionolobus buchianus de Koninck 1863 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Xenodiscus demissus" = Metophiceras demissum
"Xenodiscus demissus" = Metophiceras demissum Oppel 1862 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
"Ophiceras himalayanum n. sp." = Glyptophiceras himalayanum
"Ophiceras himalayanum n. sp." = Glyptophiceras himalayanum Griesbach 1880 ceratite