Where: Xizang, China (28.3° N, 88.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 65.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kangbacunkou Formation (Kangpa Group), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 86.3 Ma)
• upper part of Kangbacunkou Fm
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
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 64260: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula himalayensis n. sp.
Plicatula himalayensis n. sp. scallop | |
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) gambaensis n. sp. oyster |