Where: Hong Kong (22.4° N, 114.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 119.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tolo Channel Formation, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: paralic; lithified, micaceous, black, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by P.S. Nau in 1984
• Repository: not stated. Specimens discovered in May of 1984, with a further specimen found during the Geological Society of Hong Kong's field excursion on September 23rd.
Primary reference: P. S. Nau. 1984. Notes on ammonites (Arietitidae) from Sham Chung, Tolo Channel. Geological Society of Hong Kong Newsletter 2(6):6-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137808: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Coroniceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite |