Dehua, Pu'er (Triassic of China)

Also known as Dehuaxiang

Where: Yunnan, China (23.0° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 83.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Taozishu Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in the Geological Museum of China, Beijing

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 200938: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 25.04.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Bupecten (Linobupecten) reticularis n. sp. Guo 1985 scallop
Geological Museum of China, IVy0287 (holotype)