Jieshan Lake Section JL3 (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 96.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daye Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Jieshaniceras guizhouense beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Brühwiler, A. Brayard, H. Bucher and G. D. Kuang. 2008. Griesbachian and Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi and southern Guizhou (south China). Palaeontology 51(5):1151-1180 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104962: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.02.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Xiaohenautilus sp. Xu 1988 nautiloid
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
? Ambites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
"Jieshaniceras guizhouensis n. gen." = Jieshaniceras guizhouense
"Jieshaniceras guizhouensis n. gen." = Jieshaniceras guizhouense Zakharov and Mu 2007 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Mullericeratidae
Ussuridiscus varaha Diener 1895 ceratite