Lianjiechang, Weiyuan (Triassic of China)

Also known as Lianjiezhen

Where: Sichuan, China (29.7° N, 104.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 93.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wuzhongshan Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200971: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Comptio weiyuanensis n. sp. Liu and Luo 1978 freshwater mussel
Chengdu Institute of Geology, SBi300 (holotype), Sbi301, 302