Where: Laos (19.9° N, 102.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° S, 95.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• From the "Limestone and Sandstone" Formation, which is likely Changhsingian in age due to the presence of the ammonoid Pseudotirolites (Bercovici et al., 2012).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Mansuy
Primary reference: H. Mansuy. 1912. Mission du Laos. I. Géologie des environs de Luang-Prabang. Mémoires du Service Géologique de l'Indochine 1(4):1-32 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233594: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
? Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Aviculopecten monodi Mansuy 1912 scallop |