Zhongzai section, Bed 8a, Liuzhi County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.1° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. Q. Gao, G. R. Shi, and Y. Q. Peng. 2009. A new bivalve fauna from the Permian-Triassic boundary section of southwestern China. Alcheringa 33:33-47 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108549: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Ptychobellerophon sp., Bellerophon sp.
Ptychobellerophon sp. Delpey 1941 snail
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Murchisonia" sp.
"Murchisonia" sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten sp.
Limipecten sp. Girty 1903 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Tambanella sp., Tambanella subquadrata
Tambanella sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
Tambanella subquadrata Xu 1980 oyster