Mayao commune, 76NS7, Xiongmei district, Xaiza County (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Xizang, China (31.4° N, 89.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 84.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langshan Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: D. L. Sun. 1981. The Mesozoic brachiopods of Xizang. Palaeontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 177-260 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132639: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
 Terebratulida - Laqueidae
Parakingena xizangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Parakingena xizangensis n. gen. n. sp. Sun 1981
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Sellithyris mayuensis n. sp. Sun 1981
 Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae
Platythyris xanzaensis n. sp. Sun 1981
Platythyris ovalis n. sp. Sun 1981