Where: Nepal (28.9° N, 83.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° S, 61.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Senja Formation, Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• Uppermost horizon of the Permian at base of limestone bed 1.5 m thick that contains a Lower Triassic fauna in its upper part. There is about 1 m of unfossiliferous limestone between the Triassic and the Permian faunas.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H. Flügel. 1966. Paläozoische Korallen aus der Tibetischen Zone von Dolpo (Nepal). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 12:101-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99791: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2010

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