Mulongdong section, Changxing bed 25, Huaying Mountains (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (30.1° N, 106.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 93.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, white limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou (possibly now at NIGPAS)

Primary reference: Y. Zeng, X. L. He, and M. L. Zhu. 1995. Permian Brachiopods and Community Succession in the Huayin Mountains, Sichuan 1-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156863: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
Leptodus deminutus Liao 1980
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida - Tschernyschewiidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes "sp. A" Waldheim 1825
"Enteletes tschernyschewi" = Enteletes tschernyscheffi Diener 1897
Enteletes kayseri Waagen 1884
Peltichia zigzag Huang 1933
Peltichia sinensis Huang 1933
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia nucula Rothpletz 1892
Martinia hunanensis Chang 1977
Martinia semiplana Waagen 1883
ssp. glossoexserta
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Semibrachythyrina fasciculata" = Alphaneospirifer fasciculata, "Semibrachythyrina anshunensis" = Alphaneospirifer anshunensis
"Semibrachythyrina fasciculata" = Alphaneospirifer fasciculata Yang et al. 1962
"Semibrachythyrina anshunensis" = Alphaneospirifer anshunensis Liao 1980
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
includes ssp. obovata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp., "Squamularia elegantula" = Permophricodothyris elegantula, "Squamularia squamularioides" = Permophricodothyris squamularioides, "Squamularia trigonolaris n. sp." = Permophricodothyris trigonolaris, "Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
"Squamularia elegantula" = Permophricodothyris elegantula Waagen 1883
"Squamularia squamularioides" = Permophricodothyris squamularioides Huang 1933
"Squamularia trigonolaris n. sp." = Permophricodothyris trigonolaris Zeng et al. 1995
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris guizhouensis" = Juxathyris guizhouensis, "Araxathyris zhijinensis" = Juxathyris zhijinensis, "Araxathyris araxensis" = Transcaucasathyris araxensis, Araxathyris dilatatus, Araxathyris yuananensis, Araxathyris protea
"Araxathyris guizhouensis" = Juxathyris guizhouensis Liao 1980
"Araxathyris zhijinensis" = Juxathyris zhijinensis Liao 1980
"Araxathyris araxensis" = Transcaucasathyris araxensis Grunt 1965
Araxathyris dilatatus Shen et al. 1992
Araxathyris protea Abich 1878
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
 Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
Pseudolabaia minor n. sp. Zeng et al. 1995
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
"Notothyris mediterranea" = Rostranteris mediterraneum Gemmellaro 1899
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Neowellerella pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Terebratuloidea minor Waagen 1883
ssp. aculeata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932