Xinminpu, Yumen (Zhonggou Fm) (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Xinmin

Where: Gansu, China (40.0° N, 97.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 99.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zhonggou Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 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 201146: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Gansuella xinminpuensis n. sp. Ma 1986 clam
NIGPAS 75882 (holotype), 75883 - 75898