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Lunpola Basin, Shuanghu Co., Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.0247,89.7719 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Xizang, China |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Shuanghu Co., Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lunpola Basin, Baingoin County | Lin Q. B. (1981) | Dingqing | The precise age of the Dingqing Formation has been debatable, but according to a recent geochronological study (Sun et al., 2014) and mammal fossil evidence (Deng et al., 2012), it can be assigned to Oligocene to Early Miocene. The fossiliferous layers consist mainly of greyish-green and red mudstones interbedded with limestones and shales that corresponds to the sampled section seen in Sun et al. (2014), which is late Oligocene to earliest Miocene in age. | "shale" | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aquarius lunpolaensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gerridae : Aquarius : Aquarius lunpolaensis | 28.1 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Lin Q. B. (1981) Two new species of Tertiary insect fossils from northern Xizang, Paleontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, 345-348 |
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