Selong, bed 37 (Triassic of China)

Where: Xizang, China (28.7° N, 85.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 64.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kangshare Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Early Smithian on the basis of Kashmiritidae ammonoids

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Yifu Museum of China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

Primary reference: F. Y. Wang, J. Chen, X. Dai and H. J. Song. 2022. A new Early Triassic brachiopod fauna from southern Tibet, China: implications on brachiopod recovery and the late Smithian extinction in southern Tethys. Journal of Paleontology 96(Memoir 88):1-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226382: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Selongthyris plana Wang and Chen 2022
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Piarorhynchella selongensis Wang and Chen 2022
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Schwagerispira cheni Wang and Chen 2022