Dongga of XigazĂȘ (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Xizang, China (29.1° N, 86.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 60.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Liao and J. Xia. 1994. Mesozoic and Cenozoic scleractinian corals from Xizang. Palaeontologia Sinica 184(31):1-252 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80568: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 28.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
"Latusastraea xigazeensis n. sp." = Latusastrea provincialis
"Latusastraea xigazeensis n. sp." = Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral