First record of extinct Paraconularia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from Tethyan sequence (Upper Permian) of Spiti valley, Himachal Himalaya, India

An almost complete Tethyan marine sedimentary succession ranging in age from Precambrian to Cretaceous is exposed in Spiti valley in the Himachal Himalaya, India. The present study records and describes, for the first time, the occurrence of Paraconularia sp., belonging to the conulariids, from the Gungri Formation of Upper Permian age, in the Pin River (a tributary of the Spiti River) valley in the Himachal Pradesh. The specimen is quite well preserved, and its discovery from Tethyan sequence adds to the knowledge of the Permian conulariids from India.