Yidun (Triassic of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.3° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 79.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

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 200932: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Sichuania difformis n. sp. Chen 1976 scallop
NIGPAS 24855 (holotype), 24856-24858