F79, Phopa (Triassic of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (29.5° N, 82.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 63.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aegean (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Lowermost Anisian, nodular limestones below Mukut Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, black, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Siblik. 1975. Triassic brachiopods from Nepal. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 81(2):133-160 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107801: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina stracheyi" = Tulungospirifer stracheyi
"Spiriferina stracheyi" = Tulungospirifer stracheyi Salter 1865
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis Stur 1865
ssp. spitiensis
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
""Dielasma" himalayanum" = Adygella himalayana
""Dielasma" himalayanum" = Adygella himalayana Bittner 1899