Jiaozishan Section Bed 4 (AJ-4,3,2), Anshun County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.3° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 96.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray limestone and lithified, brown siltstone

• Upper part is dark gray limestone; central part is light to dark gray calcareous siltstone, limestone, siltstone; the lower part is brownish siltstone.

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 112006: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Gujocardita curta Liu 1976 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon cf. politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus
"Parallelodon cf. politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Girty 1908 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
? Aviculopecten malayensis Nakazawa 1973 scallop
Aviculopecten symmetricus Xu 1980 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima minima Chen et al. 1974 file clam
Palaeolima fasciculicostata Liu 1976 file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Ensipteria exilisa Zhang 1977 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Palaeostylus obliquicostatus n. sp.2 Wang 1980 snail
AJ-2
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Cylindritopsis altica Wang 1980 snail
[entered as Cylindritopsis altaica]
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida -
"Liosotella magniplicata" = Marginifera magniplicata Huang 1932
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839