Where: Xizang, China (28.3° N, 88.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° S, 71.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zongshan Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
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 74285: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylosmilia kangpaensis Wu 1975 stony coral | |
"Cyathoceras ellipticus" = Trochosmilia faujasi
"Cyathoceras ellipticus" = Trochosmilia faujasi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
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"Paracyathus kangpaensis" = Trochocyathus mitratus, Cyathoceras sp.
"Paracyathus kangpaensis" = Trochocyathus mitratus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Cyathoceras sp. Moseley 1881 stony coral | |
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