Level BH-1, Section B - Germig, Tibet (Triassic of China)

Where: China (28.7° N, 86.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 48.0° E)

When: Germig Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Upper Rhaetian, but below level B1 of ammonites

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, gray, calcareous sandstone and lithified siltstone

• The diverse epifauna, in combination with their common association with crinoids and a high degree of encrustation and bioerosion on the shells, suggest a shallow, warm, and low turbidity marine environment of normal salinity.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Yin and C. A. McRoberts. 2006. Latest Triassic–earliest Jurassic bivalves of the Germig formation from Lanongla (Tibet, China). Journal of Paleontology 80(1):104-120 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75198: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Bivalves only
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pergamidiidae
Krumbeckiella timorensis
Krumbeckiella timorensis Krumbeck 1924 oyster
articulated
 Pectinida - Limidae
Antiquilima sp.
Antiquilima sp. Cox 1943 file clam
articulated
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp.
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites griesbachi
Unionites griesbachi Bittner 1899 clam
internal mold
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita trapezoidalis
Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Krumbeck 1913 clam