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Samzhubzê District, Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Samzhubzê DistrictDistrict
Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture)Prefecture
TibetAutonomous Region
ChinaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Rikaze80,000 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
334013
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:334013:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Shigatsé, ville-préfecture de Xigazê, Tibet, Chine
German:
Samzhubzê, Xigazê, Tibet, China
Italian:
Shigatse, Prefettura di Shigatse, Tibet, Cina
Russian:
Самдрубце, Шигадзе, Тибет, Китай
Simplified Chinese:
桑珠孜区, 日喀则市, 藏区, 中国
Spanish:
Distrito de Shigatse, Shigatse, Tíbet, China
Basque:
Shigatse, Xigazê prefektura, Tibet, Txina
Catalan:
Shigatse, Shigatse, Tibet, Xina
Czech:
Samdrub-ce, Žikace, Tibet, Čína
Dutch:
Shigatse, Shigatse, Tibet, China
Finnish:
Samzhubzên kaupunkipiiri, Xigazê, Tiibet, Kiina
Gan:
桑珠孜区, 日喀则市, 西藏, 中國
Hindi:
शिगात्से, शिगात्से विभाग, तिब्बत, चीन
Irish Gaelic:
Shigatse, An Tibéid, An tSín
Japanese:
サムドゥプツェ区, シガツェ市, チベット, 中国
Korean:
쌍주쯔구, 르카쩌시, 티베트, 중국
Lithuanian:
Šigadzė, Šigadzės prefektūra, Tibetas, Kinija
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Samzhubzê-khu, Shigatse-chhī, Se-chōng, Tiong-hôa
Norwegian:
Xigazê, Shigatse, Tibet, Kina
Occitan:
Shigatse, Xigazê, Tibet, China
Polish:
Samzhubzê, Xigazê, Tybet, Chiny
Portuguese:
Shigatse, Tibete, China
Slovak:
Ž'-kcha-ce, Tibet, Čína
Swedish:
Samdruptse, Shigatse, Tibet, Kina
Tibetan (Standard):
གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ས་ཁུལ།, བོད་ཡུལ།, རྒྱ་ནག
Traditional Chinese:
桑珠孜區, 日喀則, 藏區, 中國
Urdu:
سامژوبتسے ضلع, شینگاتسے, تبت, چین
Uyghur:
Rékazé shehiri, شىزاڭ ئاپتونوم رايونى, جۇڭخۇا خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى
Vietnamese:
Xigazê, Xigazê, Tây Tạng, Trung Quốc
Wu Chinese:
桑珠孜区, 日喀则市, 西藏, 中国


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List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences40
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed174 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Langshan4100.5 - 93.9 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Qinwu1100.5 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Xialu Chert35174.1 - 170.3 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Higumastra
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Hagiastridae : Higumastra174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Pantanellium
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Pantanelliidae : Pantanellium174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Pseudocrucella
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Hagiastridae : Pseudocrucella174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Spongotripus
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Plagiacanthidae : Spongotripus174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Xiphostylus
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Xiphostylus174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Archaeodictyomitra
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Archaeodictyomitridae : Archaeodictyomitra174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Dictyomitrella
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Parvicingulidae : Dictyomitrella174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Eucyrtidiellum
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Eucyrtidiellidae : Eucyrtidiellum174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Napora
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Ultranaporidae : Napora174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Parahsuum
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Hsuidae : Parahsuum174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Parvicingula
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Parvicingulidae : Parvicingula174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Protunuma
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Unumidae : Protunuma174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Stichocapsa
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Eucyrtidiidae : Stichocapsa174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Stichomitra
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Eucyrtidiidae : Stichomitra174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Montlivaltia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Montlivaltia100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paronaella
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Angulobracchiidae : Paronaella174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda100.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tripocyclia
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Tripocyclia174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Archaeospongoprunum
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Archaeospongoprunidae : Archaeospongoprunum174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Palinandromeda
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Amphipyndacidae : Palinandromeda174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Guexella
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Eucyrtidiidae : Guexella174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Ares
genus
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Ares174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Transhsuum hisuikyoense
species
Retaria : Radiolaria : Nassellaria : Hsuidae : Transhsuum : Transhsuum hisuikyoense174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Stichocapsa convexa
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Eucyrtidiidae : Stichocapsa : Stichocapsa convexa174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Hexasaturnalis hexagonus
species
Retaria : Radiolaria : Entactinaria : Saturnalidae : Hexasaturnalis : Hexasaturnalis hexagonus174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Unuma typicus
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Unumidae : Unuma : Unuma typicus174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Floriastrea planinensis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Floriastrea : Floriastrea planinensis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Latusastrea provincialis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Heterocoeniidae : Latusastrea : Latusastrea provincialis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tiarasmilia casteri
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Tiarasmilia : Tiarasmilia casteri100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tritrabs simplex
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Tritrabidae : Tritrabs : Tritrabs simplex174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Unuma echinatus
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Unumidae : Unuma : Unuma echinatus174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Williriedellum ruesti
species
Retaria : Radiolaria : Nassellaria : Williriedellidae : Williriedellum : Williriedellum ruesti174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Parahsuum officerense
species
Retaria : Radiolaria : Nassellaria : Hsuidae : Parahsuum : Parahsuum officerense174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Parahsuum simplum
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Hsuidae : Parahsuum : Parahsuum simplum174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Laxtorum hichisoense
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Canoptidae : Laxtorum : Laxtorum hichisoense174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Hsuum matsuokai
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Hsuidae : Hsuum : Hsuum matsuokai174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Hsuum altile
species
Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Hsuidae : Hsuum : Hsuum altile174.1 - 170.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samzhubz%C3%AA_District
Wikidata ID:Q116656
GeoNames ID:1279715

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Asia
China
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Indian Plate (India Plate)

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