Nantong Section, P-T Bed 6 (Triassic of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 94.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Feixianguan Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• 0.40 m thick, within transitional beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, yellow, argillaceous limestone

• Brownish yellow medium to thin-bedded argillaceous limestone 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 117505: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria ussurica
Pteria ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster
ssp. variabilis
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia zhenanica
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp.
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula fuyuanensis
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod