ammonites
Maldeota, Mussoorie Hills, uppermost Krol E Formation (Cambrian of India)

Also known as Reef 3301

Where: India (30.3° N, 78.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 168.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: E Member (Krol Formation), Nemakit-Daldynian (542.0 - 530.0 Ma)

• uppermost part of Krol E, about 10 m below the boundary of Krol and Tal Formations; near the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite

• small buildups
• The sample is a white, slightly nodular dolomite taken from one of the lensoid bodies intercalated within the bedded carbonates.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Flügel and I. B. Singh. 2003. Stromatoporoid-Grade and other sponge fossils from the Upper Krol Formation of the Lesser Himalaya (India): Implications for the biotic evolution around the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary interval. Facies 49:351-372 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63045: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2006