Where: Sichuan, China (32.3° N, 105.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 91.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Feixianguan Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• 0.41 m thick, but Claraia occurs 30 cm above base
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal, green, yellow lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Z. Y. Yang, H. F. Yin, S. B. Wu, F. Q. Yang, M. H. Ding and G. R. Xu. 1987. Permian-Triassic Boundary Stratigraphy and Fauna of South China 1-379 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111619: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Polygyrina sp. snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop |