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 | |
Paraconularia sp. jellyfish |