Where: Gansu, China (36.6° N, 104.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 62.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jingyuan Formation, Serpukhovian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: N. Wang, J. Fan, and W. Wang. 2004. Early Carboniferous Fishes (Acanthodian, Actinopterygians, and Chondrichthyes) from the East Sector of North Qilian Mountain, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):89-110 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120299: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 10.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Stethacanthus cf. altonensis St. John and Worthen 1875 elasmobranch
Stethacanthus gansuensis n. sp. Wang et al. 2004 elasmobranch | |
Denaea sp. Pruvost 1922 elasmobranch |