Section B, upper part of Kangbacunkou Fm, South Xizang (Cretaceous to of China)

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

• 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 64260: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula himalayensis n. sp. scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae