Where: Hainan, China (19.9° N, 110.3° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 109.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wanglougang Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
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 150397: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Qiongzhounia yongguinia n. gen. n. sp.
Qiongzhounia yongguinia n. gen. n. sp. Lan 1983 pointed nut clam |