Where: Sichuan, China (31.6° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 88.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Hanwang Formation), Tuvalian to Tuvalian (232.0 - 215.6 Ma)
• Ammonites include upper Carnian and lowermost Norian forms
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: Faunal list only
Primary reference: X. Wu. 1989. Carnian (Upper Triassic) sponge mounds of the northwestern Sichuan Basin, China: Stratigraphy, facies and paleoecology. Facies 21:171-188 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25406: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Koninckina minor Xu 1978 | |
Neoretzia sp. Dagys 1963 | |
Laballa suessi Winkler 1859 | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Paralioclema abnorme" = Arcticopora abnorme
"Paralioclema abnorme" = Arcticopora abnorme Morozova 1969 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Promathilda sp." = Promathildia
"Promathilda sp." = Promathildia Andreae 1887 snail | |
Omphaloptycha sp. Ammon 1878 snail | |
Euryalox sp. snail | |
Sisenna sp. Koken 1896 snail
Rhaphistomella sp. Kittl 1891 snail | |
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dimorphites interruptus ceratite
Dimorphites selectus Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Juvavites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite | |
Thisbites cf. ronaldshayi Diener 1906 ceratite
Thisbites agricolae Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
Parathisbites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
"Discotropites empedoclis" = Discotropites plinii
"Discotropites empedoclis" = Discotropites plinii Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
Paratibetites sp. von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
Anatibetites magnus Liang 1977 ceratite | |
Traskites sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
"Clionites sp." = Clionitites
"Clionites sp." = Clionitites Strand 1929 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Protopis naueri clam | |
Entolium sichianense scallop | |
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster | |
Halobia subrugosa oyster
Halobia cf. superbescens Kittl 1912 oyster
Halobia cf. fallax Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia rugosa Guembel 1861 oyster | |
Posidonia bittneri de Lorenzo 1896 oyster | |
Catella nyanangensis clam | |
Modiolus cf. frugi Healey 1908 mussel | |
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam | |
Palaeocardita cf. trapezoidalis Krumbeck 1913 clam | |
Myophoria venusta Chen 1976 clam
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam | |
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam | |
Palaeoneilo cf. praeacuta Klipstein 1843 clam | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana cf. miaocunensis Chen 1976 pointed nut clam |