Kuala Lipis (Triassic of Malaysia)

Where: Pahang, Malaysia (4.2° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 97.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Myophoriensandstein Member, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Wanner. 1931. De stratigraphie van Nederlandsch Oost-Indie. 19. Mesozoikum. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 5:567-610 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204428: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinodesma sp. Sandberger 1856 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria ornata Münster 1841 clam
"Myophoria inaequicostata" = Costatoria inaequicostata Klipstein 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Modiolopsis gonoides" = Healeya gonoides
"Modiolopsis gonoides" = Healeya gonoides Healey 1908 clam
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Semionotus sp. Agassiz 1832