Wulanwulaco and Wangshengshan, Hoxhil, China (Jurassic to of China)

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

• The bivalves were probably buried in the inner sublittoral zone or on a beach near the lower to moderate-energy habitats in which they lived. The few non-marine bivalves are regarded as allochthonous and were probably carried onto the beach or into the inner sublittoral zone from a nearby fresh or brackish environment.
• bioclastic 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

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp.
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp.
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis sp.
Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Platymyoidea indet.
? Platymyoidea indet. Cox 1964 clam
originally entered as "? Platymyoidea sp."
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Machomya sp., Pholadomya qinghaiensis
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) cf. tenera, Anisocardia (Anisocardia) rostrata, Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) cf. loweana
Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) cf. loweana Morris and Lycett 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) stricklandi, Protocardia (Protocardia) qinghaiensis, Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula
Protocardia (Protocardia) stricklandi Morris and Lycett 1853 cockle
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
? Pleuromya sp.
? Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Myopholas sp., Myopholas multicostata
Myopholas sp. Douvillé 1908 clam
Myopholas multicostata Agassiz 1842 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp., Corbulomima wulanwulaensis, Corbulomima obscura
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbulomima obscura Sowerby 1821 clam
 Unionida - Unionidae
? Undulatula tanggulaensis, ? Undulatula nyainrongensis
? Undulatula tanggulaensis freshwater mussel
? Undulatula nyainrongensis freshwater mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) sp., Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Modiolus (Modiolus) sp. Lamarck 1799 mussel
Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha cf. gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha cf. gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea birmanica
Liostrea birmanica Reed 1936 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp., Lopha cf. costata, Lopha ex gr. vulsa, Lopha wulanwulaensis, Lopha ex gr. wulanwulaensis
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
Lopha cf. costata Sowerby 1825 oyster
Lopha ex gr. vulsa Chen 1976 oyster
Lopha wulanwulaensis Sha 1995 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna decorata
Pteroperna decorata Reed 1936 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
"Isognomon (Mytiloperna) bathonicus" = Mytiloperna, "Isognomon (Mytiloperna) sp." = Mytiloperna
"Isognomon (Mytiloperna) bathonicus" = Mytiloperna oyster
"Isognomon (Mytiloperna) sp." = Mytiloperna oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella cf. qinghaiensis
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus, Chlamys sp., Radulopecten sp., Radulopecten pamirensis, Radulopecten tipperi
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Radulopecten sp. Rollier 1911 scallop
Radulopecten pamirensis Wen 1992 scallop
Radulopecten tipperi Cox 1936 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Ichnofossils -
Thalassinoides sp., Arenicolites sp., Planolites sp.
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
Arenicolites sp. Salter 1857
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873