LATEST TRIASSIC-EARLIEST JURASSIC BIVALVES OF THE GERMIG FORMATION FROM LANONGLA (TIBET, CHINA)

From: Journal of Paleontology | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: McRoberts, Christopher A; Yin, Jiarun | Copyright information

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The Germig Formation of the Tethyan Himalaya of southern Tibet contains an exceptionally abundant bivalve fauna which has been found in association with choristoceratid and psiloceratid ammonoids and spans the Triassic/Jurassic boundary. The bivalve fauna consists of 25 species, including four new species: Newaagia lanonglaensis, Persia hallami, Liostrea tibetica, and Ctenostreon newelli. The fauna comprises three biostratigraphically controlled bivalve assemblages: 1) an upp...

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