North of Nigari (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Tibet, China (30.4° N, 92.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 84.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jiagang Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201138: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Rutonia bangonghuensis n. sp. Yang et al. 1982 rudist
China University of Geosciences, 80A003, 80A051, 80A058, 80A060 (syntypes)