Beifengjing Section, Bed 9, Zhongliang Hill (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (29.5° N, 106.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 93.9° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 0.42 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, sideritic, gray, calcareous mudstone

• Gray calcareous mudstone with siderite nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and X. L. He. 1991. Changhsingian brachiopod assemblage sequence in Zhongliang Hill, Chongqing. Journal of Stratigraphy 15(3):189-196 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94967: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa, "Crurithyris cordata" = Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia flabelliformis
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
"Crurithyris cordata" = Orbicoelia cordata Shen et al. 1992
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, "Lissorhynchia triplicata" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, "Prelissorhynchia plena" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah2
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
"Lissorhynchia triplicata" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
"Prelissorhynchia plena" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah2 Huang 1933
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris guizhouensis" = Juxathyris guizhouensis Liao 1980
"Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata Liao 1980
Araxathyris ? sinensis1 Shen et al. 2004
Araxathyris dilatatus Shen et al. 1992
 Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
Qinglongia ovalis Shen et al. 1992
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia schellwieni2, "Derbyia guangdongensis" = Derbyia acutangula
Derbyia schellwieni2 Frech 1911
"Derbyia guangdongensis" = Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Haydenella kiangsiensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis, "Haydenella qinglongensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis, Haydenella wenganensis
"Haydenella kiangsiensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883
"Haydenella qinglongensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina decipiens de Koninck 1863
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia sp. Gemmellaro 1890 trilobite