Dajialian Section, Bed 33 (73YPVI F43-1-3), Xihuancang, Tianjun District (Triassic of China)

Where: Qinghai, China (37.5° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 81.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dajialian Formation (Junzihe Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• 27.17 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. C. Liu and H. F. Yin. 1983. Middle Triassic, Jinzihe Formation. In Z. Y. Yang, H. F. Yin, G. R. Xu, S. B. Wu, Y. L. He, G. C. Liu, J. R. Yin (eds.), Triassic of the southern Qilian Mountains 11-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101048: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Schwagerispira elegans Guo and Chen 2022
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Qispiriferina subrotunda Xu and Liu 1983
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Yangkongia sp., "Yangkongia planofolda" = Yangkongia bifurcata
Yangkongia sp. Xu and Liu 1983
"Yangkongia planofolda" = Yangkongia bifurcata Yang and Yin 1962
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Pseudospiriferina pauciplicata" = Pseudospiriferina tsinghaiensis
"Pseudospiriferina pauciplicata" = Pseudospiriferina tsinghaiensis Yang and Yin 1962
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Costirhynchopsis rhomba Yang and Yin 1962
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Parantiptychia sp. Xu and Liu 1983
Parantiptychia robusta Yang and Yin 1962
Qilianoconcha circularis Guo and Chen 2022
"Sulcatinella ovata" = Qilianoconcha opima Yang and Yin 1962
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Sulcatinella opima Yang and Yin 1962
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
"Mytilus eduliformis" = Promysidiella eduliformis
"Mytilus eduliformis" = Promysidiella eduliformis Schlotheim 1820 clam
includes ssp. praecursor
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria albertii Goldfuss 1838 scallop
ssp. plana
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Münster 1841 clam
Schafhaeutlia mellingi Hauer 1857 clam