KHG 48, Jinji Hill, Kaiping (Jurassic of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (22.2° N, 112.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 118.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jinji Formation, Obtusum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: J. H. Chen. 1982. Liassic bivalve fossils from Mount Jinji of Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:404-416 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7785: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 01.06.2000, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Asteroceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Arnioceras robustum Quenstedt 1884 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys kotaklensis Hayami 1957 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Yokoyamaina globosa Hayami 1972 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria itoi Hayami 1969 clam
Tutcheria cingulata Goldfuss 1836 clam