Luocheng, Jianwei (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.4° N, 104.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 109.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dongyuemiao Member (Ziliujing Formation), Early/Lower Jurassic to Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 161.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200961: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 26.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Luochengella luochengensis n. sp. Liu and Zhu 1978 freshwater mussel
Chengdu Institute of Geology, Sbi370 (holotype), Sbi371
Acuneopsis luochengensis n. sp. Liu and Zhu 1978 freshwater mussel
Chengdu Institute of Geology, Sbi356 (holotype), Sbi357, 358