Mailonggang, unit 1: Carnian - Norian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Karatchastraea karatchensis Cuif 1976
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia mailonggangensis n. sp. Xia and Liao 1986
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xizang
Coordinates: 29.9° North, 91.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.2° North, 68.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Key time interval:Carnian - Norian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mailonggang
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: unit 1, 212 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85518
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-06 02:38:04 Last modified:2009-01-06 04:38:04
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28911. J. Xia and W. Liao. 1986. Some scleractinian corals of Procyclolitidae from Lhasa. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(1):37-48 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]