Dajialian Section, Bed 1 (73YPVIF2-1-5), Xiahuancang, Tianjun District (Triassic of China)

Where: Qinghai, China (37.5° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 80.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Limestone Member (Jianghe Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. C. Liu and H. F. Yin. 1983. Lower Triassic, Xihuancang Formation, Jianghe Formation, Yangkang Formation. Triassic of the southern Qilian Mountains 1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112830: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites cassianus Quenstedt 1845 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria minima Kiparisova 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Eumorphotis iwanowi Bittner 1899 scallop
Eumorphotis huancangensis Chen 1976 scallop
Eumorphotis cf. telleri Bittner 1899 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster