Also known as Reef 3303

Where: India (31.8° N, 78.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 144.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Manchap Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Age uncertain but most likely Wenlockian following: Brunton, F.R., Smith, L., Dixon, O.A., Copper, P., Nestor, H., 1998. Silurian reef episodes, changing seascapes, and paleobiogeography. New York State Museum Bulletin 491, 265-282.

•Fossil data comprise whole formation, but are mostly from Unit III

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, dolomitic reef rocks and lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. M. Bhargava and U. K. Bassi. 1986. Silurian reefal buildups: Spiti-Kinnaur, Himachal Himalaya, India. Facies 15:35-52 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 36258: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.01.2004

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