Qihulin Formation, China: Barremian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula aff. ishidoensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia aff. sanchuensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria (Ezonuculana) aff. mactraeformis (Nagao 1932)
Nuculana (Praesaccella) cf. yatsushiroensis
Sha et al. 2003
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) cf. subsenecta
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia rotundata
Sha et al. 2003
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardioides hulinensis n. sp. Gu 1984
Fang et al. 2009 15 specimens
NIGPAS 81906 (holotype), 81907 - 81920
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Filosina subovalis
Sha et al. 2003
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 132.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.3° North, 134.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Longzhaogou Formation:Qihulin
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Black mudstones, siltstones with basal coarse sandstones and coals
Environment:foreshore
Geology comments: Littoral or sublittoral
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Dinoflagellates not considered
Metadata
Database number:50896
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Dunhill, M. Aberhan Enterer:W. Kiessling, B. Allen, S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-24 05:48:46 Last modified:2006-04-07 03:42:21
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-24 05:48:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17083. J. Sha, H. Cai, C. He, Z. Gu, J. Jiang, D. Yin, X. Zhao, Z. Liu, and B. Jiang. 2002. Studies on the Early Cretaceous Longzhaogou and Jixi Groups of eastern Heilongjiang, northeast China, and their bearing on the age of supposedly Jurassic strata in eastern Asia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 20(2002):141-150 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

47190 Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
13588 J. Sha, M. Matsukawa, H. Cai, B. Jiang, M. Ito, C. He, and Z. Gu. 2003. The Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous of eastern Heilongjiang, northeast China: stratigraphy and regional basin history. Cretaceous Research 24(6):715-728 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
28273 C. W. Wright, J. H. Calloman, and M. K. Howarth. 1996. Cretaceous Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L(4):1-362 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]