Bren Spur Middlemiss Locality 1 (Permian of India)

Where: Kashmir, India (34.1° N, 74.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 54.8° S, 61.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Agglomeratic Slate Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by C.S. Middlemiss in 1929

• Repository: Geological Survey of India

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86545: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucania cf. warthi" = Knightites (Retispira) warthi
"Bucania cf. warthi" = Knightites (Retispira) warthi Waagen 1883 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nuculopsis sp.
? Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana thompsoni" = Phestia thompsoni
"Nuculana thompsoni" = Phestia thompsoni Reed 1932 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon brenensis n. sp.
Parallelodon brenensis n. sp. Reed 1932 clam
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma sp., Eurydesma compressa, "? Pachydomus cf. sacculus" = Eurydesma cordatum
Eurydesma sp. Morris 1845 scallop
Eurydesma compressa Reed 1932 scallop
"? Pachydomus cf. sacculus" = Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
 Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae
"Procrassatella intermedia n. sp." = Oriocrassatella intermedia, "Procrassatella brenensis n. sp." = Oriocrassatella brenensis, Oriocrassatella lapidaria n. sp.
"Procrassatella intermedia n. sp." = Oriocrassatella intermedia Reed 1932 clam
"Procrassatella brenensis n. sp." = Oriocrassatella brenensis Reed 1932 clam
Oriocrassatella lapidaria n. sp. Reed 1932 clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
"Astartila ovalis" = Astartila intrepida, "Astartila cf. corpulenta" = Astartila intrepida
"Astartila ovalis" = Astartila intrepida Dana 1847 clam
"Astartila cf. corpulenta" = Astartila intrepida Dana 1847 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Allorisma "sp. B"
? Allorisma "sp. B" King 1844 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Spiriferina duodecimcostata" = Glendonia duodecimcostata, Martiniopsis sp.
"Spiriferina duodecimcostata" = Glendonia duodecimcostata M'Coy 1847
Martiniopsis sp. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spiriferina stokesi "var. A"" = Trigonotreta stokesi, "Neospirifer hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani
"Spiriferina stokesi "var. A"" = Trigonotreta stokesi Koenig 1825
"Neospirifer hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani Foord 1890
var.
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia kashmirica n. sp.
Reticularia kashmirica n. sp. Reed 1932
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
"Syringothyris nagmargensis" = Cyrtella nagmargensis
"Syringothyris nagmargensis" = Cyrtella nagmargensis Bion 1928
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Streptorhynchus bioni" = Arctitreta bioni
"Streptorhynchus bioni" = Arctitreta bioni Reed 1932
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
? Schellwienella sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Chonetes sp.
? Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830