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Tianjingshan, China

FormationTianjingshan
Age:242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
IntervalLadinian
Lithologywackestone, "limestone"
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences29

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
GuangyuanLizhou District, Guangyuan, Sichuan, ChinaTianjingshan
HuanglianqiaoJiangyou Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, ChinaTianjingshan
ZhongweiShapotou District, Zhongwei, Ningxia, ChinaTianjingshan

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Dahuanggou272 - 254 Ma
Permian
17
Kuahongdong222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
41
Taiyuan296 - 290 Ma
Permian
tuff/mudstone, "siliciclastic", "shale"223

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Tetractinella didymoctenia
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Diplospirellidae : Tetractinella : Tetractinella didymoctenia242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Angustothyris angustaeformis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Angustothyrididae : Angustothyris : Angustothyris angustaeformis242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Rhaetina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Angustothyrididae : Rhaetina242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Aporthophyla tianjingshanensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Taffiidae : Aporthophyla : Aporthophyla tianjingshanensis471.8 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Traumatocrinus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Traumatocrinus242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Pseudocorbula nuculiformis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Myophoricardiidae : Pseudocorbula : Pseudocorbula nuculiformis242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Pichleria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontida : Pichleriidae : Pichleria242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Palaeoneilo sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Palaeoneilo242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Nucula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nucula242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Palaeonucula strigilata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Palaeonucula : Palaeonucula strigilata242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Bakevellia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Bakevellia242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Hoernesia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Hoernesia242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Liostrea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Liostrea242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Halobia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Halobiidae : Halobia242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Halobia subcomata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Halobiidae : Halobia : Halobia subcomata242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Pinna sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : Pinna242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Entolium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Entoliidae : Entolium242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Lima sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Lima242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Mysidioptera sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Mysidioptera242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Plagiostoma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Plagiostoma242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Chlamys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Parvamussium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Propeamussiidae : Parvamussium242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Pleuromya sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Pleuromyidae : Pleuromya242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Homomya sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Homomya242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Myophoria vulgaris
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophoriidae : Myophoria : Myophoria vulgaris242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Worthenia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Worthenia242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Dentalina sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Lagenida : Nodosariidae : Dentalina242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Nodosaria sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Lagenida : Nodosariidae : Nodosaria242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

References

Xu G. R. (1978) Triassic Brachiopoda, Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2, 267-314
Wu X. (1989) Carnian (Upper Triassic) sponge mounds of the northwestern Sichuan Basin, China: Stratigraphy, facies and paleoecology, Facies 21, 171-188
Cocks L. R. M., Rong J. -Y. (1989) Classification and review of the brachiopod superfamily Plectambonitacea, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 45, 77-163
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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