Where: Vietnam (21.9° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 98.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bac Thuy Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: All cephalopod, gastropod, ostracod and conodont specimens are reposited at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba. Bivalves are stored in the Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, and radiolarian specimens are stored at Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei.
Primary reference: Y. Shigeta, T. Komatsu, T. Maekawa and H. T. Dang. 2014. Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45:1-309 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 155529: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.04.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Columbites sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Crittendenia australasiatica Krumbeck 1924 scallop | |
Bositra limbata Guo 1985 oyster |