Zhongying Section Bed 18 (QH3-8, XH27,26), Qinglong County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.0° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, silty mudstone and lithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: Z. Q. Yao, J. T. Xu, Z. G. Zheng, X. H. Zhao, and Z. G. Mou. 1980. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 1-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112097: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia densilineata Wang 1980 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
"Parallelodon aff. politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Girty 1908 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima minima Chen et al. 1974 file clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten guizhouensis, "Pernopecten cf. piriformis" = Entolium piriformis
Pernopecten guizhouensis Xu 1976 scallop
"Pernopecten cf. piriformis" = Entolium piriformis Liu 1976 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia cf. nebrascensis Geinitz 1866 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Gujocardita curta Liu 1976 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida -
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae