Jinding, Lanping County (Baijizu Formation) (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (26.4° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 79.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Second Member (Baijizu Formation), Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: J. H. Chen and C. Z. Chen. 1980. Jianchuania, a new genus of bivalve from the Upper Triassic in Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19:57-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150387: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Pteria problematica n. sp." = Jianchuania problematica
"Pteria problematica n. sp." = Jianchuania problematica Chen 1976 scallop