Tindara Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Spathian
Province:
NW Himalaya Kashmir Basin
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is in Tindara hillock in Pulwama district, Kashmir. [Original Publication: Middlemiss, C.S. 1910. A revision of Silurian-Trias sequence in Kashmir. Record Geological Survey of India, 40(3): 206-260.]
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone. The Tindara Formation is composed of nodular limestone with minor shale.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Overlies Khunamuh Fm.
Upper contact
Underlies Khreuh Fm
Regional extent
Kashmir Basin
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Conodont: Neospathodus timorensis
Age
Regarded to represent Spathian substage; but N. timorensis implies basal Anisian also.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Olenekian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.3
Beginning date (Ma):
248.93
Ending stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
245.65
Depositional setting
The Tindara Formation was mainly deposited below wave base.
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
O.N. Bhargava & Birendra Singh