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Xiali, Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China

FormationXiali
Age:165 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
IntervalCallovian - Oxfordian
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences4

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Qinghai-Xizang Highway near station 102Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, ChinaXiali
Qinghai-Xizang Highway SW of station 102Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, ChinaXiali
Geladandong Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, ChinaXiali

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Matuo168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
23
Suowa166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aethirhynchia lenticulata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Erymnariidae : Aethirhynchia : Aethirhynchia lenticulata164.7 - 161.2 Ma
Jurassic
Actinostreon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Actinostreon166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Actinostreon gregareum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Palaeolophidae : Actinostreon : Actinostreon gregareum166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic

References

Shi X., Grant R. E. (1993) Jurassic rhynchonellids: internal structures and taxonomic revisions, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 73, 1-190
Sha J., Smith P. L., et al (2002) Jurassic Ostreoida (Bivalvia) from China (Tanggula Mountains, Quinghai-Xizang Plateau) and their paleobiogeographic context, Journal of Paleontology 76 3, 431-446
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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