Bren Spur Horizon 1 (Permian of India)

Where: Kashmir, India (34.1° N, 74.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.7° S, 63.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Agglomeratic Slate Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by C.S. Middlemiss in 1930

• Repository: Geological Survey of India

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86542: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.02.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) permixtus" = Reedoconcha permixta
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) permixtus" = Reedoconcha permixta Reed 1932
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
? Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora cf. crinita Lonsdale 1845
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucania cf. warthi" = Knightites (Retispira) warthi
"Bucania cf. warthi" = Knightites (Retispira) warthi Waagen 1883 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia micromphala Morris 1845 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
""Tropidocyclus" sp." = Tropidodiscus
""Tropidocyclus" sp." = Tropidodiscus Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) aff. freneyensis" = Pseudobaylea freneyensis
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) aff. freneyensis" = Pseudobaylea freneyensis Dickins 1963 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Sphaerodomidae
? Sphaerodoma sp. Keyes 1889 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
"Conocardium" sp. Bronn 1835
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten "sp. B" M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Palaeocorbula difficilis n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeocorbula difficilis n. gen. n. sp. Reed 1932 clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Astartila elusa n. sp. Reed 1932 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Allorisma sp. King 1844 clam