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 | |
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) permixtus" = Reedoconcha permixta
"Productus (Taeniothaerus) permixtus" = Reedoconcha permixta Reed 1932 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Stenopora cf. crinita Lonsdale 1845 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bucania cf. warthi" = Knightites (Retispira) warthi
"Bucania cf. warthi" = Knightites (Retispira) warthi Waagen 1883 snail | |
Warthia micromphala Morris 1845 snail | |
""Tropidocyclus" sp." = Tropidodiscus
""Tropidocyclus" sp." = Tropidodiscus Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) aff. freneyensis" = Pseudobaylea freneyensis
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) aff. freneyensis" = Pseudobaylea freneyensis Dickins 1963 snail | |
? Sphaerodoma sp. Keyes 1889 snail | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium" sp. Bronn 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten "sp. B" M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
? Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam | |
Palaeocorbula difficilis n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeocorbula difficilis n. gen. n. sp. Reed 1932 clam | |
Astartila elusa n. sp.
Astartila elusa n. sp. Reed 1932 clam | |
? Allorisma sp. King 1844 clam |