Where: Guizhou, China (27.3° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 94.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yelang Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson and H. Yin. 1985. Redescription of Bellerophon asiaticus Wirth (Early Triassic: Gastropoda) from China, and a survey of Triassic Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology 59(5):1305-1319 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121325: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam | |
Leptochondria minima Kiparisova 1938 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Retispira asiatica Wirth 1936 snail |