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Guanggaishan, Zoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

FormationGuanggaishan
Age:242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
IntervalLadinian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences4

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Saierlangshan SectionZoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, ChinaGuanggaishan
LagecaimoZoigê Co. (Ruo'ergai Co.), Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, ChinaGuanggaishan

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Guojiashan247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
limestone61
Maresongduo251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
limestone1
Zalishan252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
limestone7

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Naticopsis (Dicosmos) sichuanensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticopsidae : Dicosmos : Naticopsis (Dicosmos) sichuanensis242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Naticopsis (Vernelia) sublimneiformis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticopsidae : Naticopsis : Naticopsis (Vernelia) sublimneiformis242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Neritaria plicatilis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritariidae : Neritaria : Neritaria plicatilis242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

References

Tong J., Erwin D.H. (2001) Triassic gastropods of the southern Qinling Mountains, China, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 92, 1-47
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