Zhongshigong Section, 74YPVIF28, Buha Valley, Tianjun (Permian of China)

Where: Qinghai, China (37.7° N, 98.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 80.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Caodigou Formation (Bayinhe Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. J. Lu. 1986. Permian lamellibranchs from Buha River valley, Tianjun district, Qinghai. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(4):463-473 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112864: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella cf. nasuta
Astartella cf. nasuta Girty 1909 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
? Aviculopecten subparadoxus n. sp., ? Aviculopecten qinghaiensis n. sp., Aviculopecten cf. kaibabensis
? Aviculopecten subparadoxus n. sp. Lu 1986 scallop
? Aviculopecten qinghaiensis n. sp. Lu 1986 scallop
Aviculopecten cf. kaibabensis Newell 1938 scallop