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Yanshiping - Tuotuohe, China

Group	Yanshiping
Formation	Tuotuohe
Age:	168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Interval	Bathonian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	13

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe
Tanggula Mountains	Golmud City (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China	Yanshiping - Tuotuohe

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Matuo	168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic		23
Suwa or Matuo	170 - 157 Ma Jurassic	limestone/sandstone	2
Tanggula - Suwa	164 - 157 Ma Jurassic	limestone/sandstone, "limestone"/siltstone	17
Yanshiping - Matuo	170 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic	marl/sandstone, sandstone/marl	27
Yanshiping - Matuo or Tuotuohe	170 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic		4
Yanshiping - Quemuoco	170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic	siliciclastic	11
Yanshiping - Xiali	166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic	siliciclastic	3

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Arcomytilus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : *Arcomytilus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Falcimytilus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : *Falcimytilus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Modiola imbricata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus : *Modiola imbricata*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Eligmus rollandi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Malleidae : Eligmus : *Eligmus rollandi*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) clathratus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes : *Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) clathratus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Chlamys textoria species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : *Chlamys textoria*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Radulopecten tipperi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Radulopecten : *Radulopecten tipperi*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Plicatula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : *Plicatula*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Homomya sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : *Homomya*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Pholadomyidae : Pholadomya : *Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Pholadomyidae : Pholadomya : *Pholadomya (Pholadomya)*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Anisocardia beaumonti species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Arcticidae : Anisocardia : *Anisocardia beaumonti*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic

References

Yin J., Fürsich F. T. (1991) Middle and Upper Jurassic bivalves from the Tanggula Mountains, W-China, Beringeria, Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 4, 127-192

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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