ammonites

Jomsom A, bed 113: Alaunian, Nepal

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Nepal
Coordinates: 28.8° North, 83.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.7° South, 47.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Alaunian Ammonoid zone: Himavatites columbianus
Age range of interval:216.5 - 203.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tarap
Local section:Jomsom A Local bed:113
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandy marl
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92142
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-02 06:51:15 Last modified:2009-11-02 06:51:15
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-02 06:51:15
Reference information
Primary reference:
31029 L. Krystyn. 1982. Obertriassische Ammonoideen aus dem Zentralnepalesischen Himalaya (Gebiet von Jomsom) [Upper Triassic ammonoids from the central Nepalese Himalaya (Jomsom area)]. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 36:1-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]