Qiekan, Rutog (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Xizang, China (33.2° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 80.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langshan Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Löser and W. Liao. 2001. Cretaceous corals from Tibet (China) - stratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19:661-667 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74258: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Aulastraeopora harrisi Wells 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
Dermosmilia rutogensis He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis sandbergeri Felix 1891 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum aberrans He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Latimaeandraraea felixi" = Meandrophyllia
"Latimaeandraraea felixi" = Meandrophyllia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Montlivaltoides typicus" = Thecosmilia typica, "Montlivaltoides ngariensis" = Thecosmilia ngariensis, Montlivaltia symmetrica, Montlivaltia ellipsocylindrica
"Montlivaltoides typicus" = Thecosmilia typica He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
"Montlivaltoides ngariensis" = Thecosmilia ngariensis He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
Montlivaltia symmetrica He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
Montlivaltia ellipsocylindrica He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Aulosmilia archiaci de Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Ogilvinella parelegans" = Placogyra parelegans
"Ogilvinella parelegans" = Placogyra parelegans Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
listed as Ogilviella
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia stewartae Wells 1944 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Silingastraea qiekanensis He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Budiopsis typicus He and Xiao 1992 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Opisthophyllum jaggangensis stony coral
Opistophyllum jaggangensis
Donacosmilia sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Mitrodendron major He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
Budaia qiekanensis He and Xiao 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia ngariensis He and Xiao 1990 stony coral