Gouluco, Hoxhil, China (Triassic to of China)

Where: Qinghai, China (34.7° N, 92.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 69.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Goulushankeco Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lithified slate and lithified sandstone

• The assemblage very probably represents the fauna of a mud-sand substrate typical of a littoral environment with an influx of freshwater.
• Goulushankeco Formation consisting of slate and sandstone; up to 1200 m thick.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Focus on bivalves.

Primary reference: J. Sha and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1996. Late Permian to Miocene bivalve assemblages from Hohxil, Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26(4):429-455 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Pálfy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59646: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
Neritaria sp., Trachynerita sp.
Neritaria sp. Koken 1892 snail
Trachynerita sp. Kittl 1894 snail
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigonodidae
Trigonodus sp., Trigonodus carniolicus, Trigonodus aff. bittneri
Trigonodus sp. Alberti 1864 clam
Trigonodus carniolicus Bittner 1907 clam
Trigonodus aff. bittneri Waagen 1907 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
? Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites griesbachi
? Unionites rhomboidalis Chen and Zhang 1974 clam
Unionites griesbachi Bittner 1899 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Pseudocorbula aff. nuculiformis, Myophoriopis guizhouensis