Where: Xizang, China (32.4° N, 91.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 87.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yanshiping Group, Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 163.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Paleontological collections made on the 1985 Geotraverse.
Primary reference: A. B. Smith and J. Xu. 1988. Palaeontology of the 1985 Geotraverse, Lhasa to Golmud. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 327:53-105 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61446: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
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Holectypus depressus sea urchin | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
Burmirhynchia luchingensis, ? Burmirhynchia namluensis, Burmirhynchia nyainrongensis, Burmirhynchia asiatica, Burmirhynchia parva, Burmirhynchia lobata, Burmirhynchia shanensis, Burmirhynchia quinquiplicata
Burmirhynchia nyainrongensis Jin et al. 1979
Burmirhynchia asiatica Buckman 1917
Burmirhynchia parva Buckman 1917
Burmirhynchia lobata Jin et al. 1979
Burmirhynchia shanensis Buckman 1917
Burmirhynchia quinquiplicata Jin et al. 1979 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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? Naticacea indet. Forbes 1838 moon snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
Arcomytilus sp., "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
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Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster | |
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"? Catinula sp." = Gryphaea (Catinula)
"? Catinula sp." = Gryphaea (Catinula) oyster | |
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Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam | |
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