Zhongying Section Bed 40 (QZ-28), Qinglong County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.0° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: Z. Q. Yao, J. T. Xu, Z. G. Zheng, X. H. Zhao, and Z. G. Mou. 1980. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 1-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia sp. Gemmellaro 1890 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Cylindritopsis callosa Wang 1980 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites minutus Xi 1980 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus sp. Newell 1942 mussel
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten beipeiensis Liu 1976 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pteronites" sp. McCoy 1842 oyster
Leptodesma (Leiopteria) guizhouensis Xu and Chang 1980 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina sp. Waagen 1883