Where: Qinghai, China (34.8° N, 91.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 88.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yanshiping Group, Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: Focus on bivalves.
Primary reference: J. Sha and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1996. Late Permian to Miocene bivalve assemblages from Hohxil, Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26(4):429-455 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Pálfy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59649: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily | |
Gastropoda | |
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus (Modiolus) sp. Lamarck 1799 mussel
Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Chlamys sp., Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus, Radulopecten sp., Radulopecten pamirensis, Radulopecten tipperi
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Radulopecten sp. Rollier 1911 scallop
Radulopecten pamirensis Wen 1992 scallop
Radulopecten tipperi Cox 1936 scallop | |
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop | |
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Gervillella cf. qinghaiensis Wen 1979 oyster | |
Pteroperna decorata Reed 1936 pearl oyster | |
"Isognomon (Mytiloperna) bathonicus" = Mytiloperna, "Isognomon (Mytiloperna) sp." = Mytiloperna
"Isognomon (Mytiloperna) bathonicus" = Mytiloperna oyster
"Isognomon (Mytiloperna) sp." = Mytiloperna oyster | |
"Lopha cf. gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha cf. gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
Lopha wulanwulaensis Sha 1995 oyster
Lopha ex gr. wulanwulaensis Sha 1995 oyster
Lopha ex gr. vulsa Chen 1976 oyster
Lopha cf. costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Liostrea birmanica Reed 1936 oyster | |
Protocardia (Protocardia) qinghaiensis, Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula, Protocardia (Protocardia) stricklandi
Protocardia (Protocardia) qinghaiensis Wen 1979 cockle
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
Protocardia (Protocardia) stricklandi Morris and Lycett 1853 cockle | |
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) rostrata, Anisocardia (Anisocardia) cf. tenera, Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) cf. loweana
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) cf. tenera Sowerby 1821 clam
Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) cf. loweana Morris and Lycett 1853 clam | |
Corbulomima wulanwulaensis Sha 1995 clam
Corbulomima obscura Sowerby 1821 clam
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
? Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam | |
Myopholas sp. Douvillé 1908 clam
Myopholas multicostata Agassiz 1842 clam | |
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Pholadomya qinghaiensis Wen 1979 clam
Machomya sp. clam | |
Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam | |
? Undulatula tanggulaensis freshwater mussel
? Undulatula nyainrongensis freshwater mussel | |