Where: Quinghai-Xizang, China (33.3° N, 91.9° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 89.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Xiali Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Sha, P. L. Smith, and F. T. Fursich. 2002. Jurassic Ostreoida (Bivalvia) from China (Tanggula Mountains, Quinghai-Xizang Plateau) and their paleobiogeographic context. Journal of Paleontology 76(3):431-446 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37432: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 15.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Actinostreon "sp. A" Bayle 1878 oyster
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster |