Shiquanhe, Rutog, Risong Group (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Xizang, China (33.2° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 78.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Risong Group, Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 125.0 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 74282: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Heliocoenia rozkowskae Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eohydnophora sp. Yabe and Eguchi 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia collignoni Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral