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Dêngqên County, Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Dêngqên CountyCounty
Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture)Prefecture
TibetAutonomous Region
ChinaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
334010
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:334010:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Xian de Dêngqên, Chamdo, Tibet, Chine
German:
Dêngqên, Qamdo, Tibet, China
Italian:
Contea di Dêngqên, Prefettura di Qamdo, Tibet, Cina
Russian:
Денгчен, Чамдо, Тибет, Китай
Simplified Chinese:
丁青县, 昌都市, 藏区, 中国
Dutch:
Dengchen, Chamdo, Tibet, China
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان دنگچن, چامدو, تبت, جمهوری خلق چین
Gan:
丁青县, 昌都市, 西藏, 中國
Japanese:
テンチェン県, チャムド市, チベット, 中国
Korean:
딩칭현, 창두시, 티베트, 중국
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Dêngqên-koān, Chamdo-chhī, Se-chōng, Tiong-hôa
Norwegian:
Dêngqên, Qamdo, Tibet, Kina
Polish:
Dêngqên, Qamdo, Tybet, Chiny
Swedish:
Tengchen, Chamdo, Tibet, Kina
Tibetan (Standard):
སྟེང་ཆེན་རྫོང་།, ཆབ་མདོ།, བོད་ཡུལ།, རྒྱ་ནག
Urdu:
دینگچین کاؤنٹی, چامدو, تبت, چین
Vietnamese:
Dêngqên, Qamdo, Tây Tạng, Trung Quốc
Wu Chinese:
丁青县, 昌都市, 西藏, 中国


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences29
Youngest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed168 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Yangshiping19163.5 - 157.3 Ma (Jurassic)
Yanshiping9166.1 - 152.1 Ma (Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Erotylidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Erotylidae56 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Thurmannella pentaptycta
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : Thurmannella : Thurmannella pentaptycta163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Burmirhynchia shanensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia shanensis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Burmirhynchia quinquiplicata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia quinquiplicata168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Burmirhynchia cuneata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia cuneata168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Burmirhynchia luchiangensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia luchiangensis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Burmirhynchia trilobata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia trilobata168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Burmirhynchia flabilis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Burmirhynchia : Burmirhynchia flabilis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Kallirhynchia namtuensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Kallirhynchia : Kallirhynchia namtuensis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Holcothyris golmudensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Holcothyris : Holcothyris golmudensis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Holcothyris tanggulaica
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Holcothyris : Holcothyris tanggulaica168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Holcothyris trigonaris
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Holcothyris : Holcothyris trigonaris168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Kutchithyris anongensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Kutchithyris : Kutchithyris anongensis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Kutchithyris dengqenensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Kutchithyris : Kutchithyris dengqenensis163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Kutchithyris ingluviosa
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Kutchithyris : Kutchithyris ingluviosa168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Kutchithyris lingularis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Kutchithyris : Kutchithyris lingularis168.3 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Kutchithyris mulaensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Kutchithyris : Kutchithyris mulaensis168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Pseudoglossothyris nana
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Loboidothyrididae : Pseudoglossothyris : Pseudoglossothyris nana168.3 - 166.1 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%AAngq%C3%AAn_County
Wikidata ID:Q731985
GeoNames ID:7927603


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