Where: Laos (20.0° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 95.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• From the "Limestone and Sandstone" Formation, which is likely Changhsingian in age due to the presence of the ammonoid Pseudotirolites (Bercovici et al., 2012).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Mansuy
Primary reference: H. Mansuy. 1912. Mission du Laos. I. Géologie des environs de Luang-Prabang. Mémoires du Service Géologique de l'Indochine 1(4):1-32 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2024
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
""Modiola" (Mytilus) ? pallasi" = Verneuilnodon pallasi, Pleurophorus tricarinatus n. sp.
""Modiola" (Mytilus) ? pallasi" = Verneuilnodon pallasi de Verneuil 1845 clam
Pleurophorus tricarinatus n. sp. Mansuy 1912 clam | |
""Sanguinolites" cf. elegans" = Dyasmya elegans
""Sanguinolites" cf. elegans" = Dyasmya elegans King 1844 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
""Productus" cf. nystianus" = Rugicostella nystiana
""Productus" cf. nystianus" = Rugicostella nystiana de Koninck 1842 |