PP4, Puchenpra Ridge, Marsyangdi, Manang area (Permian of Nepal)

Where: Nepal (28.7° N, 83.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° S, 62.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puchenpra Member (Senja Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Lower part of member, below PP1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• conglomeratic sandstone, rich in fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: B. Waterhouse and Z. Q. Chen. 2007. Brachiopoda from the Late Permian Senja Formation, Manang area, Nepal Himalaya. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280(1-3):1-69 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120415: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Echinalosia perforata
Echinalosia perforata Waterhouse and Chen 2007
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Saeptathaerus latus
Saeptathaerus latus Waterhouse and Chen 2007
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Tipispirifer sp.
Tipispirifer sp. Grant 1976
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Maorielasma campbelli n. sp.
Maorielasma campbelli n. sp. Waterhouse and Chen 2007