Hainan Dao (Pliocene of China)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Qiongzhounia yongguinia n. gen. n. sp.
Qiongzhounia yongguinia n. gen. n. sp. Lan 1983 pointed nut clam