Where: Sichuan, China (27.4° N, 101.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 82.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shemulong Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Upper part of the Shemulong Formation may be early Norian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: C. Xu. 1978. Lamellibranchiata. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:315-364 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123710: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana excavata Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam | |
Palaeonucula subobliqua, "Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata
Palaeonucula subobliqua d'Orbigny 1849 nut clam
"Palaeonucula strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam |