PBDB Collection

Section A, Chaqiela Fm, South Xizang (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Xizang, China (28.3° N, 88.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 59.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chaqiela Formation (Kangpa Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: S.-X. Wen. 2000. Cretaceous bivalves of Kangpa Group, South Xizang, China and their biogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 39(1):1-27 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64249: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Yoldioides sublaevigata, Yoldioides jurianoides Yoldioides sublaevigata clam Yoldioides jurianoides clam
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Palaeonucula cf. etheridgei Palaeonucula cf. etheridgei nut clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Eyrena linguloides Eyrena linguloides mussel
Pectinida - Limidae	Limatula cf. persimilis Limatula cf. persimilis Stoliczka 1871 file clam
Pectinida - Oxytomidae	Meleagrinella superstes, Meleagrinella dongshanensis Meleagrinella superstes scallop Meleagrinella dongshanensis scallop
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema gibsonia Syncyclonema gibsonia Skwarko 1967 scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) cf. magnificus Camptonectes (Camptonectes) cf. magnificus scallop
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus (? Cremnoceramus) sp., Inoceramus (? Mytiloceramus) sp. Inoceramus (? Cremnoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam Inoceramus (? Mytiloceramus) sp. clam
Trigoniida - Trigoniidae	Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) himalayensis n. sp., Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 1", Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 2" Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) himalayensis n. sp. clam Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 1" Cox 1952 clam Nototrigonia (Nototrigonia) "sp. 2" Cox 1952 clam
Poromyida - Cuspidariidae	Cuspidaria tibetica n. sp. Cuspidaria tibetica n. sp. clam
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia (Linearia) gieumalensis n. sp." = Linearis "Linearia (Linearia) gieumalensis n. sp." = Linearis tellin clam
Cardiida - Tancrediidae	? Tancredia dingriensis ? Tancredia dingriensis clam
Hiatellida - Hiatellidae	Panopea xizangensis, Panopea sp. Panopea xizangensis clam Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Astartoides dingriensis, Astartoides gamgbaensis, Astarte (Astarte) sp., Astartemya (Freiastarte) planissima Astartoides dingriensis clam Astartoides gamgbaensis Wen and Lan 1976 clam Astarte (Astarte) sp. Sowerby 1816 clam Astartemya (Freiastarte) planissima clam