Where: India (29.4° N, 79.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 161.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Krol E Member (Kauriyala Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified siltstone and lithified, silty dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Primary reference: G. Jiang, N. Christie-Blick, A. J. Kaufman, D. M. Banerjee, and V. Rai. 2002. Sequence stratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Infra Krol Formation and Krol Group, Lesser Himalaya, India. Journal of Sedimentary Research 72(4):524-542 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99446: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Beltanelliformis | |
Kimberella sp. Glaessner 1959 | |
Charniodiscus sp. Ford 1958 | |
Scyphozoa | |
Tirasiana sp. jellyfish | |
Medusinites | |
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Conomedusites sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Sekwia sp. Hofmann 1981
Beltanella sp. Sprigg 1947 |