Batang, Yushu (Carboniferous of China)

Also known as Bangtang, Batangxiang

Where: Qinghai, China (32.8° N, 97.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° S, 96.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mapingian (305.9 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200926: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Qinghaipecten qinghaiensis n. sp. Sha et al. 1991 scallop
NIGPAS 93559 (holotype), 93560-93572