Tulong, Nielamu / Nyalam (Derirong Fm) (Triassic of China)

Where: Xizang, China (28.5° N, 86.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 49.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Derirong Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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 201140: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Tulongocardium) pluriradiatum n. sp. Chen et al. 1976 cockle
NIGPAS 30604 (holotype), 30603, 30605