Meishan, Bed 27, Changxing County (Triassic of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.0° S, 117.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 10.46 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, calcareous shale

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 111657: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Lytophiceras sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
Ophiceras sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Prionolobus sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Claraia fukianensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
"Pseudoclaraia wangi" = Claraia wangi Patte 1935 scallop
Claraia griesbachi Bittner 1899 scallop