Where: Qinghai, China (35.4° N, 90.7° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 69.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hantaishan Group, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Lower part of limestone member. Coexistence of Neospathodus waageni, N. timorensis, and N. jubata suggest Spathian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected in 1989, 1990
• Collected by the Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Hoh Xil region. Pre-expedition in May 1989, main expedition in May-August 1990.
Primary reference: X. G. Zhu. 1995. Palaeontology - Gastropods. In J.G. Sha (ed.), Palaeontology of the Hoh Xil Region, Qinghai 69-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122301: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.12.2011, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Murchisonia" sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail | |
Conodonta | |
"Neospathodus timorensis" = Gondolella timorensis, "Neospathodus waageni" = Novispathodus waageni, Neospathodus jubata
"Neospathodus timorensis" = Gondolella timorensis Nogami 1968 conodont
"Neospathodus waageni" = Novispathodus waageni Sweet 1970 conodont
Neospathodus jubata conodont |