Where: India (30.5° N, 78.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 171.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Arenaceous Member (Tal Formation), Tommotian to Tommotian (530.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• the Arenaceous Member marks an increase in sand supply and oxygen from the Underlying Argillaceous Member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone and lithified shale
• fine sand-shale alternating sequence.
Preservation: trace
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: I. Bir Singh and V. Rai. 1983. Fauna and biogenic structures in Krol-Tal succession (Vendian-Early Cambrian), Lesser Himalaya: their biostratigraphic and palaeoecological significance. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 28:67-90 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10740: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 18.06.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Additional were revisited by the authors in order to make faunal lists for the individual Members: Gansser (1974), Azmi et. al (1981), Azmi (1983), Bhatt et. al (1983), Tiwari (1983), Kumar et. al (1983).
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"A" sp., "B" sp., Suznites sp., "C" sp., Halopa sp., "D" sp., "E" sp., Crossochorda sp., "F" sp., "G" sp., Merostonichnites sp., "H" sp., "I" sp., "J" sp., "K" sp., "L" sp., "M" sp.
"A" sp.
Habitat: dwelling Probable Trace Marker: worm
"B" sp.
Habitat: crawling Probable Trace Marker: Mollusc
Suznites sp.
Habitat: crawling Probable Trace Marker: Mollusc
"C" sp.
Habitat: crawling Probalbe Trace Marker: worm
Halopa sp.
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
"D" sp.
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
"E" sp.
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
"F" sp.
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"G" sp.
Habitat: Crawling Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"H" sp.
Habitat: Crawling Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"I" sp.
Habitat: Resting Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"J" sp.
Habitat: Resting Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"K" sp.
Habitat: Resting Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"L" sp.
Habitat: Resting Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
"M" sp.
Habitat: Resting Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
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Planolites sp., Aulichnites sp., Skolithos sp., Curvolithus sp., Plagiogmus sp., Protichnites sp., Rosselia sp., Tasmanadia sp., Dimorphichnus sp., Phycodes sp., Diplichnites sp., Bifungites sp., Chondrites sp., Cylindrichnus sp., Cruziana sp., Monocraterion sp., Scolicia sp., Taphrhelminthopsis sp., Monomorphichnus sp.
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Habitat: feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
Aulichnites sp. Fenton and Fenton 1937
Habitat: crawling Probable Trace Marker: Mollusc
Skolithos sp. Haldemann 1840
Habitat: dwelling Probable Trace Marker: worm
Curvolithus sp. Fritsch 1908
Habitat: Crawling Probable Trace Marker: Mollusc
Plagiogmus sp. Roedel 1929
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Maker: Mollusc
Rosselia sp. Dahmer 1937
Habitat: feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
Tasmanadia sp. Chapman 1929
Habitat: Crawling Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
Phycodes sp. Richter 1850
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
Bifungites sp. Desio 1940
Habitat: feeding Probable Trace Marker: worm
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: Worm
Cruziana sp. d'Orbigny 1842
Habitat: Crawling Probable Trace Marker: Arthropod
Scolicia sp. de Quatrefages 1849
Habitat: Feeding Probable Trace Marker: Mollusc
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