Sokolowia-Kokanostrea comm. - Wulagen Fm (Eocene of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (41.0° N, 84.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 78.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wulagen Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Wulagen Fm, which overlies the Kalatar Fm (lower Middle Eocene) and is overlain by the Bashibulake Fm (Late Eocene-Early Oligocene). AGE: upper Middle Eocene. Justification not stated, but presumably through macrofossil and microfossil biostratigraphy. Pollen present. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed within upper part of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, tuffaceous limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Subtidal shallow sea, normal salinity, in water temperature of ~32°.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Tuffaceous limestone. LITHIFICATION: Not stated, presumably lithified on the basis of facies.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably X. Lan and J. M. Wei (1980's). REPOSITORY: Probably Nanjing Inst. of Geol. and Pal., Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: X. Lan. 1997. Paleogene bivalve communities in the western Tarim Basin and thei paleoenvironmental implications. Palaeoworld 7:137-157 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77850: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with use of species and subgenus-level assignments.
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella ustjurtensis
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp.
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Kokanostrea kokanensis, Sokolowia busgii
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop