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Proterozoic homocline succeeded by intensely deformed and profusely fossiliferous Tethyan zone; Garbyang Formation of phyllites with crinoidal limestone; Shiala Formation of variegated limestone and shale, containing trilobites, brachiopods, and gastropods; Variegated Silurian with crinoids; Muth Formation of quartzites and some dolomites containing crinoids; Kuling Formation or Productus shale; Chocolate Formation with Ophiceras horizon; Kalapani Formation with Ptychites; Tropites Limestone; Kuti Shales with many ammonites; Kioto Limestone; Laptal Formation containing Belemnites and Pecten; Ferruginous Oolite of Callovian age; Spiti Shales with many cephalopods; Giumal Sandstone with glauconite; Upper Flysch with fucoids; disharmonic folding and back-folding in Tethys Himalaya
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Dhital, M.R. (2015). Tethys Himalaya of Mahakali Region. In: Geology of the Nepal Himalaya. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02496-7_22
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