ammonites
Khemgaon Chorten, Sikkim (Permian of India)

Where: India (27.2° N, 88.4° E: paleocoordinates 67.3° S, 73.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asselian (298.9 - 295.0 Ma)

• 4 feet thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, blue, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by G.N. Dutt

Primary reference: M. R. Sahni and J.P. Srivastava. 1956. Discovery of Eurydesma and Conularia in the eastern Himalaya and description of associated faunas. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 1:202-214 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116801: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.09.2011

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