Where: Jammu and Kashmir, India (33.2° N, 78.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° N, 69.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• unit C: Hoplitoplacenticeras-Globotruncana-Caryophyllia zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. K. Pal, A. K. Chatterjee, G. Prakash, J. L. Thussu, and B. De. 1984. On the fossil corals (Anthozoa) from the Indus Flysch of Upper Indus Valley, Ladakh. Geological Survey of India Special Publication 15:55-66 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87602: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae | |
Anthozoa | |
Vaughanoseris cf. catadupensis, "Ogilviastraea stoliczkae n. sp." = Ogilviastraea bigemmis
Vaughanoseris cf. catadupensis Wells 1934 stony coral
"Ogilviastraea stoliczkae n. sp." = Ogilviastraea bigemmis Felix 1903 stony coral | |
Leptophyllaraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral | |
Trochosmilia camura Stoliczka 1873 stony coral | |
"Trochosmilia inflexa" = Rennensismilia inflexa, "Flabellum pugaensis n. sp." = Aulosmilia cuneiformis
"Trochosmilia inflexa" = Rennensismilia inflexa Reuss 1854 stony coral
"Flabellum pugaensis n. sp." = Aulosmilia cuneiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Parasmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Trochocyathus aff. affinis stony coral | |
"Balanophyllia caulifera" = Balanophyllia caulifera, "Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) ladakhensis n. sp." = Balanophyllia caulifera
"Balanophyllia caulifera" = Balanophyllia caulifera Conrad 1848 stony coral
"Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) ladakhensis n. sp." = Balanophyllia caulifera Conrad 1848 stony coral | |
Trocharea sp. Etallon 1864 stony coral |