Where: Xizang, China (28.3° N, 88.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 59.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chaqiela Formation (Kangpa Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: S.-X. Wen. 2000. Cretaceous bivalves of Kangpa Group, South Xizang, China and their biogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 39(1):1-27 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64249: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Palaeonucula cf. etheridgei nut clam | |
Cuspidaria tibetica n. sp.
Cuspidaria tibetica n. sp. clam | |
Panopea xizangensis clam
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
"Linearia (Linearia) gieumalensis n. sp." = Linearis
"Linearia (Linearia) gieumalensis n. sp." = Linearis tellin clam | |
Astartemya (Freiastarte) planissima, Astarte (Astarte) sp., Astartoides dingriensis, Astartoides gamgbaensis
Astarte (Astarte) sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astartoides gamgbaensis Wen and Lan 1976 clam | |
Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) himalayensis n. sp., Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 1", Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 2"
Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) himalayensis n. sp. clam
Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 1" Cox 1952 clam
Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 2" Cox 1952 clam | |
Eyrena linguloides mussel | |
Inoceramus (? Cremnoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Meleagrinella superstes scallop
Meleagrinella dongshanensis scallop | |
Limatula cf. persimilis Stoliczka 1871 file clam | |
Syncyclonema gibsonia Skwarko 1967 scallop |