Where: Vietnam (21.5° N, 104.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 92.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Nam Tham Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• 400-700 m thick. Early Ladinian.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: V. Khuc. 2000. The Triassic of Indochina Peninsula and its interregional correlation. Permian-Triassic Evolution of Tethys and Western Circum-Pacific 221-233 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 44765: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Daonella (Arzelella) indica, Daonella (Lommelella) lommeli, "Zittelihalobia planicostata" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia)
Daonella (Arzelella) indica Bittner 1899 oyster
Daonella (Lommelella) lommeli Wissmann 1841 oyster
"Zittelihalobia planicostata" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia) oyster | |
"Posidonia wengensis" = Bositra wengensis
"Posidonia wengensis" = Bositra wengensis Wissmann 1841 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Rimkinites tonkinensis ceratite | |
Protrachyceras villanovae ceratite
Protrachyceras costulatum Mansuy 1912 ceratite |