Qulonggongba Formation

The Qulonggongba Formation is a Late Triassic (Norian) geologic formation in southern Tibet, near to the border with Nepal, that is part of the Langjiexue Group.M.-M. Chang and F. Jin. (1996). Mesozoic fish faunas of China. In G. Arriata & G. Viohl (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Paleoecology 1:461-478 It would have been a marine environment.

Vertebrate fauna Reptiles Genus Species Material NotesHimalayasaurusH. tibetensisFragmentary skeletonsA gigantic ichthyosaur

Cartilaginous fish Genus Species Presence NotesHybodontidae gen. indet.Indeterminate

Conodonts Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position NotesEpigondolellaE. multidentataTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneMetapolygnathusIndeterminate

Invertebrates Ammonites Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position NotesAcanthinitesIndeterminateSūrè ShanIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA ceratitidAmmotibetitesA. wheeleriLongjiang XishanA ceratitidAnasibiritesA. kingianusTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidAnatibetitesIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidAnatomitesA. ex gr. "sissi"Longjiang Xishan, Sūrè Shan, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidIndeterminateTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneArcestesIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanA ceratitidCladiscitesIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidCosmonautilusIndeterminateSūrè ShanA nautilidCyrtopleuritesC. cf. agrippinaeLongjiang XishanA ceratitidIndeterminateTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneDimorphitesIndeterminateTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA ceratitidDiscophyllitesIndeterminateLongjiang XishanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneAn ammonitidDittmaritesD. lilliformisLongjiang XishanA ceratitidEctolcitesE. cf. hollandiLongjiang XishanA ceratitidGonionotitesIndeterminateLongjiang XishanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidGriesbachitesG. pseudomedleyanusLongjiang Xishan, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneGuembelitesG. jandianusLongjiang, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidG. philostratiLongjiang Xishan, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneHaloritesIndeterminateSūrè ShanA ceratitid?HaueritesIndeterminateLongjiang XishanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidIndojuvavitesI. angulatusKagangla Pass, Longjiang Xishan, Sūrè Shan, TulongIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA ceratitidJuvavitesJ. cf. subinterruptusTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitidJ. continuusTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneJ. sarasiniiTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneMegaphyllitesIndeterminateSūrè ShanA ceratitidMetacarnitesIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanA ceratitid"M. xizangensis"Tulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus Zone?Mirojuvavites"M. xizangensis"Tulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA ceratitidParajuvavitesIntermediateLongjiang XishanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitid?ParathisbitesIndeterminateSūrè ShanA ceratitidParatibetitesP. adolphiLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanA ceratitid?P. tornquistiLongjiang XishanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneIndeterminateTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZonePinacocerasIndeterminateLongjiang XishanA ceratitidPlacitesP. cf. oldhamiLongjiang XishanA ceratitidIndeterminateSūrè ShanStenarcestesIndeterminateLongjiang XishanGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA ceratitid?ThisbitesIndeterminateLongjiang XishanA ceratitidTibetitesT. ryalliLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanA ceratitidIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan

Bivalves Genus Species Location (section) Stratigraphic position NotesBurmesiaB. lirataTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneMember of AnomalodesmataCarditaIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanCassianellaIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanMember of OstreidaHalobiaIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, TulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneMember of OstreidaH. cf. distinctaTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneH. sirriTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneH. cf. jagelskyiTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneIndopectenI. margariticostatusLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè Shan, TulongIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA scallopI. himalayensisTulongGriesbachites–Guembilites Zone?LimaIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanA file shellMonotisM. salinariaLongjiang XishanMember of PectinidaMyophoricardiumM. tulongenseTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneMember of Carditida?NuculaIndeterminateLongjiang XishanA nut clam?Palaeocardia"P. singularis"Tulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus Zone"P. rhomboidalis"Tulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZonePalaeoneiloP. cf. tirolensisSūrè ShanA nuculanidPalaeonuculaP. strigilataTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA nuculanidP. subaequilatera tswayensisTulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus Zone"P. timorensis"Tulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZonePectenIndeterminateSūrè ShanA scallopPleuromyaP. himaicaLongjiang XishanMember of MyidaSchafhaeutliaIndeterminateLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanA hatchet shellUnionitesU. griesbachiLongjiang Xishan, Sūrè ShanMember of UnionidaVeteranellaV. (Ledoides) langnongensisZ. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. (2009). Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series.Tulong, TingriIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneA nuculanid

Brachiopods Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position NotesEoseptaliphoriaE. intortaGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA rhynchonellidE. tulungensisGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus Zone"Himalarhynchia""H. media"Griesbachites–Guembilites ZoneIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneNudirostralinaN. griesbachiGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneA rhynchonellidPseudolepismatinaP. nyalamensisGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneMember of RhynchonellataTibetothyrisT. depressaGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneMember of TerebratulidaSpiriferinaS. shalshalensisGriesbachites–Guembilites ZoneIndojuvavites angulatus–Epigondolella multidentata–Himalayasaurus ZoneMember of Rhynchonellata References