Riabadange, Baingoin (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Xizang, China (31.8° N, 89.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 86.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xarquan Formation, Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 132.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Löser and W. Liao. 2001. Cretaceous corals from Tibet (China) - stratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19:661-667 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74251: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia hayasakai Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Leptophyllia tricentra" = Epistreptophyllum tricentrum, "Protethmos discus" = Epistreptophyllum discus
"Leptophyllia tricentra" = Epistreptophyllum tricentrum Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
"Protethmos discus" = Epistreptophyllum discus Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia collignoni Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia zangbeiensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
"Montlivaltia xizangensis" = Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
Montlivaltia caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
Montlivaltia gigas de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Montlivaltia mallens Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Smilotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
? Tiarasmilia zangbeiensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp., "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis, "Stylina parvistella" = Stylina inwaldensis
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
"Stylina parvistella" = Stylina inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea monosepta Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Axosmilia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral