Rutog region (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Xizang, China (33.9° N, 80.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 77.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 87368: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia tibetana Liao 1982 stony coral
Isastrea rariseptata Liao 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae
"Phacellastraea rutogensis" = Kobyastraea bourgeati
"Phacellastraea rutogensis" = Kobyastraea bourgeati Koby 1887 stony coral