Mukut Fm, Manang (Triassic of Nepal)

Also known as 50/a

Where: Nepal (28.7° N, 84.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 58.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mukut Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• 120 above the base of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Dense blue limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

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 63524: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 15.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Badiotitidae
Badiotites eryx Munster 1834 ceratite