Mussoorie Syncline, Dhaulagiri Fm, Mmb B (Cambrian of India)

Where: Uttarakhand, India (30.3° N, 78.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 170.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: B Member (Dhaulagiri Formation), Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; black, gray siltstone and silty shale

• well-bedded section of greyish-black siltstone with minor intercalation of silty shale layers, occurring below thin quartz arenite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: M. Tiwari, S. K. Parcha, R. Shukla and H. Joshi. 2013. Ichnology of the Early Cambrian Tal Group, Mussoorie Syncline, Lesser Himalaya, India. Journal of Earth System Science 122(6):1467-1475 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153737: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Palaeopasichnus
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Palaeopasichnus sp.
 Ichnofossils -
Monomorphichnus sp., Nereites sp., ? Diplichnites sp., Skolithos sp., Palaeophycus sp., Treptichnus sp., Planolites sp., Planolites montanus, Dimorphichnus sp.
Monomorphichnus sp. Crimes 1970
Nereites sp. MacLeay 1839
? Diplichnites sp. Dawson 1873
Skolithos sp. Haldemann 1840
Palaeophycus sp. Hall 1847
Treptichnus sp. Miller 1889
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Planolites montanus Richter 1937
Dimorphichnus sp. Seilacher 1955