Shanglan, Jianchuan County (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (26.5° N, 99.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° S, 77.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shanglan Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98536: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.10.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Pseudocorbula shanglanensis n. sp. Guo 1985 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
Trigonodus subrhombus n. sp. Guo 1985 clam
Trigonodus yunnanensis n. sp. Guo 1985 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus seminummuarius n. sp. Guo 1985 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula shanglanensis n. sp. Guo 1985 file clam
Plagiostoma gejiuense Guo 1985 file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
n. ssp. jianchuanensis
Bakevellia dianxiensis n. sp. Guo 1985 oyster
Bakevellia shanglanensis n. sp. Guo 1985 oyster
Bakevellia furtiva n. sp. Guo 1985 oyster
Hoernesia rectisima n. sp. Guo 1985 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria dianensis n. sp. Guo 1985 pearl oyster