Zhifang, Tongchuan (Triassic of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (35.2° N, 109.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 86.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Ermaying Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in China University of Geosciences, 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 201021: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Pachycardiidae
Zhifangia typica n. sp. Liu 1980 clam
China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Sh0101 (holotype), Sh0103, 0107