Kuahongdong, Emei County (Triassic of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.4° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 92.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kuahongdong Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Xu. 1978. Lamellibranchiata. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:315-364 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123712: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. alpina Winkler 1859 pointed nut clam
Nuculana miaocunensis Chen 1976 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo excentrica Krumbeck 1913 clam
Palaeoneilo fibularis Healey 1908 clam
Palaeoneilo elliptica Goldfuss 1837 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
var. timorensis