Meishan 04A24-1, Bed 24b, Meishan A (Permian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Unlike lower beds (22 and below), samples are numbered in ascending order

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous wackestone

• Lithology described as argillaceous micrite but presence of bioclasts suggests it is more of a wackestone or perhaps packstone.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin, M. B. Forel, Q. L. Feng, A. H. Yuan, F. Baudin and P. Y. Collin. 2010. Ostracods (Crustacea) through the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China: the Meishan stratotype (Zhejiang Province). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(3):331-370 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97926: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Baschkirina huzhouensis
Baschkirina huzhouensis Forel 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
? Bairdiacypris caeca, Bairdia bassoni, Bairdia deweveri
? Bairdiacypris caeca Shi 1987 ostracod
Bairdia bassoni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia deweveri Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella annesophieae
Basslerella annesophieae Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella venusta
Microcheilinella venusta Chen 1958 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae
Samarella victori
Samarella victori Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus elliptica
Cyathus elliptica Shi 1987 ostracod