KHG 44, Jinji Hill, Kaiping (Jurassic of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (22.2° N, 112.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 118.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jinji Formation, Bucklandi (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: J. H. Chen. 1982. Liassic bivalve fossils from Mount Jinji of Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:404-416 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7778: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 01.06.2000, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Coroniceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Veteranella jinjiensis n. sp. Chen 1982 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo jinjiensis Chen 1982 clam
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Luciniola problematica Terquem 1855 clam
Luciniola cingulata Terquem 1855 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Parainoceramus matsumotoi" = Parainoceramya matsumotoi
"Parainoceramus matsumotoi" = Parainoceramya matsumotoi Hayami 1960 clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma kobayashii Hayami 1959 scallop