Xijirulan-Qiangtang, sample 46-6 (Triassic of China)

Where: Xizang, China (35.5° N, 86.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 65.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yingshuiquan Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified siltstone

• siltstones, sandstones, tuffite interbeds and limestone concretions

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: Q. Feng, Z. Yang, X. Li and S. Crasquin. 2009. Middle and Late Triassic radiolarians from northern Tibet: implications for the Bayan Har Basin evolution. Geobios 42:581-601 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95743: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria "indet. 2" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Triassocampe "sp. 2" Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
Triassocampe scalaris Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
Triassocampe diordinis Bragin 1991 radiolarian
Triassocampe deweveri Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae
Baratuna sp. Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Hindeosphaeridae
Sepsagon robustus Lahm 1984 radiolarian
Pseudostylosphaera coccostyla Ruest 1892 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Heptacladidae
Pseudosepsagon "sp. 1" Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
Pseudosepsagon "sp. 2" Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Triassistephanidium anisicum Kozur and Mostler 1996 radiolarian
Triassistephanidium laticornis Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium cornigerum Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Eptingium nakasekoi Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
Spongostephanidium austriacum Kozur and Mostler 1996 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. 2" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae
Falcispongus falciformis Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Falcispongus heinzi Feng and Liang 2003 radiolarian
Falcispongus calcaneum Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Oertlispongus inaequispinosus Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
Baumgartneria sp. Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Baumgartneria trifurcata Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Paroertlispongus multispinosus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Paroertlispongus daofuensis Feng and Liang 2003 radiolarian
"Pseudoertlispongus weddigei" = Paroertlispongus radiolarian
"Pseudoertlispongus mostleri" = Paroertlispongus radiolarian
Paroertlispongus rarispinosus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
Tetrapaurinella tetrahedrica Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
Paurinella latispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
Paurinella aequispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Katorella bifurcata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Katorella trifurcata Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
"Triassospongosphaera sp." = Rikivatella Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongopalliidae
Spongopallium sp. Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian