Ceshui Formation, Locality 2, Songshanxia Res. (Carboniferous of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (23.9° N, 113.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 96.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ceshui Formation, Jiusian (346.7 - 335.2 Ma)

• Datangian stage, correlated via stratigraphy.org

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, silty mudstone and coal

• Mustone and silty mudstone inercalated with coal beds, 52 m

Primary reference: R. Zhang and J. Pojeta. 1986. New bivalves from the Datang Stage, Lower Carboniferous, Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 60(3):669-679 [S. Peters/S. Peters/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55693: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 02.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo guangdongensis n. sp.
Palaeoneilo guangdongensis n. sp. Zhang and Pojeta 1986 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Pectinida -
Fasciculiconcha sp.
Fasciculiconcha sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia rudis
Edmondia rudis McCoy 1878 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Glyptoconcha elegans n. gen. n. sp.
Glyptoconcha elegans n. gen. n. sp. Zhang and Pojeta 1986 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus elegans
Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Kansuella kansuensis
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Neuropteris gigantea
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"Neuropteris gigantea" = Paripteris gigantea
"Neuropteris gigantea" = Paripteris gigantea Sternberg 1825
Potoniea
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Potoniea sp.
Potoniea sp. Zeiller 1899