Wayao, Luxi (Triassic of China)

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
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Dianocuspidaria) luxiensis n. sp. Guo 1985 clam
Geological Museum of China, IVy0390 (holotype), IVy0391