Qiebula, Xainza (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Xizang, China (31.4° N, 89.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° N, 87.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toiba Formation, Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 122.5 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 74252: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia xainzaensis Liao 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Donacosmilia silingensis Liao 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina qiebulaensis Liao 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Cladophyllia qiebulaensis" = Apocladophyllia birleyae
"Cladophyllia qiebulaensis" = Apocladophyllia birleyae Gregory 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia lataxa stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral