Nam-Tian, not far from coal mine (Permian of Laos)

Where: Laos (20.0° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 95.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• From the "Limestone and Sandstone" Formation, which is likely Changhsingian in age due to the presence of the ammonoid Pseudotirolites (Bercovici et al., 2012).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mansuy

Primary reference: H. Mansuy. 1912. Mission du Laos. I. Géologie des environs de Luang-Prabang. Mémoires du Service Géologique de l'Indochine 1(4):1-32 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2024

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
""Modiola" (Mytilus) ? pallasi" = Verneuilnodon pallasi, Pleurophorus tricarinatus n. sp.
""Modiola" (Mytilus) ? pallasi" = Verneuilnodon pallasi de Verneuil 1845 clam
Pleurophorus tricarinatus n. sp. Mansuy 1912 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
""Sanguinolites" cf. elegans" = Dyasmya elegans
""Sanguinolites" cf. elegans" = Dyasmya elegans King 1844 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
""Productus" cf. nystianus" = Rugicostella nystiana
""Productus" cf. nystianus" = Rugicostella nystiana de Koninck 1842