Tha Cho, loc. 8: Anisian - Ladinian, Vietnam

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Lilangina sp. Diener 1908
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Langsonella minima
Hoernesia angusta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
Pteria sturi (Bittner 1895)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium tridentini
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma" sp. (Meek and Hayden 1865)
original and current combination Avicula (Oxytoma)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria albertii (Goldfuss 1838)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria sp. (Waagen 1907)
Costatoria paucicostata
Costatoria goldfussi (Alberti 1830)
subsp. mansuyi
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
Trigonodus tonkinensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. (Meek 1873)
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Prosoleptus lineata (Goldfuss 1837)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana subperlongata
see common names

Geography
Country:Vietnam
Coordinates: 21.8° North, 106.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.0° North, 97.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian - Ladinian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Na Khuat
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of the formation, Costatoria paucicostata-Hoernesia angusta assemblage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: thick bioturbated mudstone with intercalated very-fine- to fine-grained sandstone beds
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: outer shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:99739
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-11-19 21:08:58 Last modified:2010-11-19 04:08:58
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-19 21:08:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34292. T. Komatsu, D. T. Huyen, and N. D. Huu. 2010. Radiation of Middle Triassic bivalve: bivalve assemblages characterized by infaunal and semi-infaunal burrowers in a storm- and wave-dominated shelf, An Chau Basin, north Vietnam. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 291:190-204 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]