ammonites
MUD32, Mud section, Spiti (Triassic of India)

Where: India (32.0° N, 78.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 60.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mirkin Formation, Dienerian (252.3 - 251.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Brühwiler, D. Ware, H. Bucher, L. Krystyn, and N. Goudemand. 2010. New Early Triassic ammonoid faunas from the Dienerian/Smithian boundary beds at the Induan/Olenekian GSSP candidate at Mud (Spiti, Northern India). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 39:724-739 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104984: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.02.2011

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