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XIAOTANGZI, Sichuan, China

FormationXIAOTANGZI
Age:216 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
IntervalAlaunian
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
MojiangShawan District, Leshan, Sichuan, ChinaXiaotangzi
Hanwang ACG349Deyang, Sichuan, ChinaXiaotangzi
HeyewanEmeishan City, Leshan, Sichuan, ChinaXiaotangzi

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Jialingjiang251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
limestone10
Kuahongdong222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
41
Leikoupo247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
10

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Nuculana timorensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Nuculana timorensis215.56 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Plicatula yueliangpingensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula yueliangpingensis215.56 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Sisenna hanwangensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pleurotomariidae : Sisenna : Sisenna hanwangensis215.56 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Xu C. (1978) Lamellibranchiata, Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2, 315-364
Pan H. Z. (1982) Triassic marine fossil gastropods from SW China, Bulletin of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 4, 153-188
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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