Manendragarh (Permian of India)

Where: India (23.2° N, 82.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 67.1° S, 52.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Talchir Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale and lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. R. Sahni and D. K. Dutt. 1959. Argentine and Australian affinities in a Lower Permian fauna from Manendragarh, central India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 87:655-670 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116800: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Protoretepora" cf. ampla
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer hesdoensis n. sp." = Brachythyrinella hesdoensis
"Spirifer hesdoensis n. sp." = Brachythyrinella hesdoensis Sahni and Dutt 1959
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
"Aviculopecten squamuliferus" = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus, "Aviculopecten mitchelli" = Deltopecten mitchelli
"Aviculopecten squamuliferus" = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus Morris 1845 scallop
"Aviculopecten mitchelli" = Deltopecten mitchelli Etheridge and Dun 1906 scallop
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma hobartense, Eurydesma playfordi, "Eurydesma manendragarhensis n. sp." = Eurydesma manendragarhensis, "Eurydesma hesdoensis n. sp." = Eurydesma manendragarhensis
Eurydesma hobartense Johnston 1887 scallop
Eurydesma playfordi Dickins 1957 scallop
"Eurydesma manendragarhensis n. sp." = Eurydesma manendragarhensis Sahni and Dutt 1959 scallop
In conglomerate band
"Eurydesma hesdoensis n. sp." = Eurydesma manendragarhensis Sahni and Dutt 1959 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Liopteria dutoiti" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti
"Liopteria dutoiti" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti Harrington 1955 oyster
In shaly horizons
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria umariensis" = Peruvispira umariensis, "Euomphalus cf. oculus" = Keeneia ocula, "Euomphalus hesdoensis n. sp." = Keeneia hesdoensis
"Pleurotomaria umariensis" = Peruvispira umariensis Reed 1928 snail
"Euomphalus cf. oculus" = Keeneia ocula Sowerby 1838 snail
"Euomphalus hesdoensis n. sp." = Keeneia hesdoensis Sahni and Dutt 1959 snail
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
From shales