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