Tinkar Lipu (Kuti Shale) (Triassic of Nepal)

Where: Byans, Nepal (30.1° N, 81.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 47.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kuti Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: black limestone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Swiss Academy of Sciences Himalayan expedition in 1936

• Repository: Geological Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

Primary reference: A. Jeannet. 1939. Palaeontological identifications, in (Heim & Gansser) Central Himalaya: Geologic Observations of the Swiss Expedition 1936. Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles 1-245 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214672: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 12.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Milites sp.
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Ceratitida - Isculitidae
Isculites sp.
Isculites sp. Mojsisovics 1886 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Proarcestes sp.
Proarcestes sp. Mojsisovic 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Thetiditidae
Thetidites sp., Thetidites huxleyi, "Sandlingites cf. archibaldi" = Leislingites archibaldi
Thetidites sp. von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Thetidites huxleyi von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
"Sandlingites cf. archibaldi" = Leislingites archibaldi von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Cyrtopleurites herodoti, ? Welterites sp.
? Welterites sp. Diener 1923 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Steinmannitidae
"Clionites woodwardi" = Alloclionites woodwardi, Steinmannites sp.
"Clionites woodwardi" = Alloclionites woodwardi von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Steinmannites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Clionitidae
"Clionites sp." = Clionitites
"Clionites sp." = Clionitites Strand 1929 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Cycloceltitidae
Cycloceltites sp.
Cycloceltites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Juvavites sp.
Juvavites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
Parajuvavites sp., Parajuvavites cf. buddhaicus, Parajuvavites cf. minor, Parajuvavites cf. jacquini, Halorites sp., Halorites cf. procyon, Anatomites cf. crasseplicatus, Anatomites cf. bambanagensis
Parajuvavites sp. von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Parajuvavites cf. buddhaicus von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Parajuvavites cf. minor von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Parajuvavites cf. jacquini von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Halorites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Halorites cf. procyon von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Anatomites cf. bambanagensis von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae
Metasibirites cf. spinescens
Metasibirites cf. spinescens Hauer 1855 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Megaphyllites sp.
Megaphyllites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
"Placites sakuntala" = Paragymnites sakuntala
"Placites sakuntala" = Paragymnites sakuntala von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Discophyllites sp.
Discophyllites sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Monotidae
Monotis salinaria
Monotis salinaria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail