Where: Xizang, China (28.5° N, 86.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° S, 64.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brayardites compressus ammonoid zone, Tulong Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Brayardites compressus beds, early Smithian, not formally named as a zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Brühwiler, H. Bucher, and N. Goudemand. 2010. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from Tulong, south Tibet. Geobios 43:403-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97327: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Jinyaceras hindostanum Diener 1897 ceratite | |
Brayardites crassus Brühwiler et al. 2010 ceratite
Brayardites compressus Brühwiler et al. 2010 ceratite | |
Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite | |
Urdyceras tulongensis Brühwiler et al. 2010 ammonite |