Tanggula Mountains, Yanshiping Section, Quemuoco Formation (Jurassic of China)

Where: Qinghai, China (33.3° N, 92.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 89.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quemuoco Formation (Yanshiping Group), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• GENERAL COMMENT: bivalves are not evenly distributed throughout the sequence, but are concentrated at certain horizons, large parts of the sedimentary sequence in between being unfossiliferous.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• The province represents extensive marginal marine environments ranging from nearshore shelf to restricted embayments, lagoons and freshwater lakes.
• The Quemuoco Fm at Yanshiping is mainly composed of fine grained and silty sandstones and argillites.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,

• focus on bivalves

Primary reference: J. Yin and F. T. Fürsich. 1991. Middle and Upper Jurassic bivalves from the Tanggula Mountains, W-China. Beringeria, Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 4:127-192 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37885: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 27.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Unionida - Unionidae
"Cuneopsis" johannisboehmi freshwater mussel
"Cuneopsis" tanggulaensis n. sp. freshwater mussel
"Potomida" ovalis freshwater mussel
"Potomida" chaoi freshwater mussel
"Potomida" thailandica freshwater mussel
Lamprotula (Eolamprotula) cremeri Frech 1911 freshwater mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Kobayashites hayamii Yin 1988 oyster
Demospongiae
 Tabulospongida - Parastromatoporidae