Guryul Ravine Khunamuh Formation, E2 (Triassic of India)

Where: Kashmir, India (34.0° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 60.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: E Member (Khunamuh Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shale and limestone

• Unit E2, 6.1m, is a flaggy shale with intercalated thin continuous limestone. Calcareous beds contain ammonoids and other fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. M. Kapoor. 1996. The Guryul Ravine section, candidate of the global stratotype section and point of the Permo-Triassic boundary. The Palaeozoic-Mesozoic boundary candidates of global stratotype section and point of the Permian-Triassic boundary 99-110 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48914: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 04.04.2005, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus typicalis Sweet 1970 conodont
Hindeodus parvus Kozur 1975 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Chondrichthyes
 Eugeneodontiformes - Helicampodontidae
Helicampodus sp. Branson 1935 chimaera
Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Glyptophiceras himalayanum Griesbach 1880 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
"Lytophiceras sakuntala" = Ophiceras medium
"Lytophiceras sakuntala" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Probably Ophiceras
 Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
Otoceras woodwardi Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia hisakatsui Murata 1981 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia bioni Nakazawa 1977 scallop
Claraia cf. griesbachi Bittner 1899 scallop
Claraia dieneri Nakazawa 1977 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten haydeni Nakazawa 1981 scallop