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 | |
Asteroceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite | |
Arnioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Arnioceras robustum Quenstedt 1884 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys kotaklensis Hayami 1957 scallop | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster | |
Yokoyamaina globosa Hayami 1972 cockle | |
Tutcheria itoi Hayami 1969 clam
Tutcheria cingulata Goldfuss 1836 clam |