Majiashan Section Bed 6, Chaoxian County (Triassic of China)

Where: Anhui, China (31.6° N, 117.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.0° N, 115.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Qinglong Formation), Spathian (248.1 - 246.7 Ma)

• 35 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular limestone and lithified, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. Li and B. L. Ding. 1981. Two new lamellibranch genera from Lower Triassic of Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(4):325-330 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111495: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Subcolumbites sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hellenitidae
Hellenites sp. Renz and Renz 1948 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster