Changjianggou, Bed 22 upper, Shangsi, Guangyuan County (Triassic of China)

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
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop