List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia cf. stricklandi
(Morris and Lycett 1853)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tancrediidae
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? Tancredia sp.
Lycett 1850
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbulomima cf. attenuata
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| listed as Corbulimima sp. cf. attenuata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya sp.
(Meek 1873)
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| original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya cf. concentrica
Sowerby 1822
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia sp.
Blainville 1824
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xizang |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° North, 91.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.5° North, 87.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Yanshiping | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: here listed as Yanshiping FORMATION, but elswhere listed as Yanshiping GROUP; Middle Jurassic | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Sequence with black, fossiliferous shales, cross-bedded sands and a coalified plant bed | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: restricted marine sequence | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Paleontological collections made on the 1985 Geotraverse. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 61519 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-16 02:28:07 | Last modified: | 2006-06-16 06:30:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-16 02:28:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17531. | A. B. Smith and J. Xu. 1988. Palaeontology of the 1985 Geotraverse, Lhasa to Golmud. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 327:53-105 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/P. Wagner] |