Where: Guizhou, China (26.2° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, green, yellow, calcareous siltstone and lithified, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.
Primary reference: Z. Q. Yao, J. T. Xu, Z. G. Zheng, X. H. Zhao, and Z. G. Mou. 1980. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 1-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111983: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Towapteria minima Xu and Chang 1980 oyster
Towapteria equicosta Xu and Chang 1980 oyster
Ensipteria intermedia Xu 1980 oyster
Tambanella obliqua Xu 1980 oyster | |
Leptodesma (Leiopteria) guizhouensis Xu and Chang 1980 oyster | |
Palaeolima cf. dieneri Frech 1911 file clam | |
Streblochondria zhongyingensis Xu 1980 scallop |