Where: Gansu, China (36.6° N, 104.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 57.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Qianheishan Formation, Tournaisian to Tournaisian (358.9 - 330.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, red sandstone and lithified siltstone
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 120300: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 10.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Acanthodes guizhouensis Wang and Turner 1985 spiny fish | |
Bransonella sp. Harlton 1933 elasmobranch |