Xiaoshui, Lechang County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (25.4° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 103.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xiaoshui Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: J. H. Chen, L. Liu, and X. Lan. 1983. Veteranellinae, a new subfamily of Nuculanidae (Bivalvia), with the classificatory significance of ornamentations in Palaeotaxodonta. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22:616-627 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150396: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2013, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Xiaoshuiculana elegansa n. sp. Li and Li 1977 pointed nut clam
 Unionida - Pachycardiidae
Guangdongella exquisita n. sp. Li and Li 1977 clam