Also known as Reef 1795
Where: India (32.0° N, 78.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 144.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Takche 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 only from reefal horizons
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, dolomitic framestone and lithified wackestone
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 36259: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.01.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906 | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral | |
Halysites wallachi tabulate coral | |
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral | |
Favosites spitiensis tabulate coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Strophomenata | |
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Trilobita | |
Cheirurus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite | |
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873 |