West of Guling (Permian of India)

Where: Himachal Pradesh, India (32.1° N, 78.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 59.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Siltstone Member (Gungri Formation), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey of India, Northern Region, Lucknow, India

Primary reference: N. K. Swami, S. C. Tripathi, R. Laishram and A. Dharwadkar. 2017. First record of extinct Paraconularia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from Tethyan sequence (Upper Permian) of Spiti valley, Himachal Himalaya, India. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(3.42A):1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188480: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.09.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae