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
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 | |
Diplocoenia hayasakai Eguchi 1951 stony coral | |
"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 | |
Dictuophyllia collignoni Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia gigas, "Montlivaltia xizangensis" = Montlivaltia truncata, Montlivaltia zangbeiensis, Montlivaltia bangoinensis, Montlivaltia caryophyllata, Montlivaltia mallens
Montlivaltia gigas de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Montlivaltia xizangensis" = Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
Montlivaltia zangbeiensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
Montlivaltia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral
Montlivaltia caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia mallens Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral | |
Smilotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
? Tiarasmilia zangbeiensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral | |
"Placotrochus" texana stony coral | |
Cyathophora bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral | |
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 | |
Amphiastrea monosepta Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral | |
Axosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Axosmilia bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral |