Where: Yunnan, China (24.5° N, 103.7° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 85.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wuge Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• "Wuge Formation, lower Upper Triassic" (Fang et al. 2009)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Stored in the Geological Museum of China, Beijing
Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201161: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cuspidaria (Dianocuspidaria) luxiensis n. sp. Guo 1985 clam Geological Museum of China, IVy0390 (holotype), IVy0391
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