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: Qudi Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 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 97290: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Phestia thompsoni Reed 1932 clam | |
Stutchburia brasiliensis Reed 1930 clam
Permophorus gregarius Etheridge 1900 clam | |
Megadesmus "sp. 2" Sowerby 1838 clam | |
? Oriocrassatella sp. Etheridge 1907 clam
Oriocrassatella intermedia Reed 1932 clam
Oriocrassatella rutogensis n. sp. Liu and Cui 1983 clam | |
Schizodus tibeticus n. sp. Liu and Cui 1983 clam
Schizodus fitzroyensis Dickins 1963 clam |