Where: Xizang, China (33.7° N, 80.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° S, 72.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zhanjin Formation, Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. P. Liu and X. S. Cui. 1983. Discovery of Eurydesma fauna from Rutog, northwest Xizang (Tibet), and its biogeographic significance. Earth Science - Journal of Wuhan College of Geology 19(1):79-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97289: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Eurydesma subovatum, "Eurydesma cf. globosum" = Eurydesma cordatum, Eurydesma mytiloides, Eurydesma playfordi
Eurydesma subovatum Reed 1936 scallop
"Eurydesma cf. globosum" = Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
Eurydesma mytiloides Reed 1932 scallop
Eurydesma playfordi Dickins 1957 scallop | |
Megadesmidae "indet. 1" Vokes 1967 clam
Megadesmidae "indet. 2" Vokes 1967 clam
Megadesmus sp. Sowerby 1838 clam | |
Schizodus cf. meekanus Girty 1900 clam
Schizodus cf. occidentalis Reed 1930 clam | |
? Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam |