Dongrong Formation, Suibin, eastern Heilongjiang, China (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Heilongjiang, China (47.3° N, 131.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 135.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dongrong Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• lower and middle Dongrong Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone

• The formation is composed of dark grey, greyish white, and green fine-medium-grained sandstones and siltstones, locally with tuff beds.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Dinoflagellates not considered

Primary reference: J. Sha, M. Matsukawa, H. Cai, B. Jiang, M. Ito, C. He, and Z. Gu. 2003. The Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous of eastern Heilongjiang, northeast China: stratigraphy and regional basin history. Cretaceous Research 24(6):715-728 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59660: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.04.2006

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia tenuistriata, Buchia fischeriana, Buchia cf. concentrica, Buchia cf. mosquensis, Buchia cf. rugosa
Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop
Buchia cf. concentrica White 1888 scallop
Buchia cf. mosquensis White 1885 scallop
Buchia cf. rugosa Fischer 1837 scallop