Tamba Kurkur Fm, Manang (Triassic to of Nepal)

Also known as 47/1-3

Where: Nepal (28.7° N, 84.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° S, 62.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tamba Kurkur Formation, Dienerian to Dienerian (250.5 - 247.2 Ma)

• Samples from the lowest 1 m of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified wackestone

• Bioclastic wackestone, thin-bedded, frequently nodular, with subordinate layers of shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: G. Fuchs, R. W. Widder, and R. Tuladhar. 1988. Contributions to the geology of the Annapurna Range. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 131:593-607 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63521: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 15.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
originally entered as "Crinoida indet."
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Neospathodus nepalensis, Neospathodus cristagalli, Neospathodus cf. pakistanensis, Neospathodus cf. dieneri
Neospathodus cristagalli Huckriede 1958 conodont
Neospathodus cf. pakistanensis Sweet 1970 conodont
Neospathodus cf. dieneri Sweet 1970 conodont
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina sp.
Monoceratina sp. Roth 1928 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.