Where: Qinghai, China (37.5° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 81.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dajialian Formation (Junzihe Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• 27.17 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. C. Liu and H. F. Yin. 1983. Middle Triassic, Jinzihe Formation. In Z. Y. Yang, H. F. Yin, G. R. Xu, S. B. Wu, Y. L. He, G. C. Liu, J. R. Yin (eds.), Triassic of the southern Qilian Mountains 11-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101048: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Schwagerispira elegans Guo and Chen 2022 | |
Qispiriferina subrotunda Xu and Liu 1983 | |
Yangkongia sp., "Yangkongia planofolda" = Yangkongia bifurcata
Yangkongia sp. Xu and Liu 1983
"Yangkongia planofolda" = Yangkongia bifurcata Yang and Yin 1962 | |
"Pseudospiriferina pauciplicata" = Pseudospiriferina tsinghaiensis
"Pseudospiriferina pauciplicata" = Pseudospiriferina tsinghaiensis Yang and Yin 1962 | |
Costirhynchopsis rhomba Yang and Yin 1962
Costirhynchopsis tienchungensis Yang and Yin 1962 | |
Triasorhynchia subglobulina Xu and Liu 1983 | |
Parantiptychia sp., Parantiptychia robusta, Qilianoconcha circularis, "Sulcatinella ovata" = Qilianoconcha opima
Parantiptychia sp. Xu and Liu 1983
Parantiptychia robusta Yang and Yin 1962
Qilianoconcha circularis Guo and Chen 2022
"Sulcatinella ovata" = Qilianoconcha opima Yang and Yin 1962 | |
Sulcatinella opima Yang and Yin 1962 | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Mytilus eduliformis" = Promysidiella eduliformis
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Aequipecten ex gr. intercedens scallop
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop | |
Plagiostoma tingi file clam | |
Leptochondria subparadoxica scallop | |
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster | |
Bakevellia acutaurita oyster | |
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Pinna raebliana oyster | |
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam | |
Curionia yini clam
Curionia bicostata clam | |
Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Münster 1841 clam
Schafhaeutlia mellingi Hauer 1857 clam |