W Gomang Lake, Xainza (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Xizang, China (31.4° N, 89.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° N, 85.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langshan Formation, Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Löser and W. Liao. 2001. Cretaceous corals from Tibet (China) - stratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19:661-667 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Dendrosmilia crassa
Dendrosmilia crassa Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Preverastraea isseli
Preverastraea isseli Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp., "Complexastrea lobata" = Complexastrea seriata
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
"Complexastrea lobata" = Complexastrea seriata Turnsek 1972 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora gomangcoensis n. sp.
Cyathophora gomangcoensis n. sp. Liao and Xia 1985 stony coral