Where: Tibet, China (28.7° N, 88.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 51.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Jiapila Formation), Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Stored in Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Yichang, Hubei, 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 201137: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Quemocuomegalodon orientus n. sp.
Quemocuomegalodon orientus n. sp. Yao et al. 2003 clam |