Nantong Section, P-T Bed 3 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 94.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• 0.15 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, yellow marl

• Brownish yellow thin-bedded marl with brachiopods

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen, X. L. He, and G. R. Shi. 1995. Biostratigraphy and correlation of several Permian-Triassic boundary sections in southwestern China. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 12(1-2):19-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117503: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis Liao 1979
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Anchorhynchia sp. Jin and Ye 1979
Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea Liao 1980
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae