Where: Nepal (28.8° N, 83.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.0° S, 53.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tamba Kurkur Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• "Found in float, but the talus comes from the lower Scythian facies of the region and it is practically certain that it comes from that level." Thini Gaon section in Garzanti et al. (1998) begins with the middle Smithian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: L. Beltan and P. Janvier. 1978. Un nouveau Saurichthyidae (Pisces, Actinopterygii), Saurichthys nepalensis n. sp. du Trias Inférieure des Annapurnas (Thakkhola, Nepal) et sa significations paléobiogéographique. Cybium 3e Série 2(4):17-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198267: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2018

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