Zhongying Section Bed 39 (QZ-27), Qinglong County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.0° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, nodular, gray, green, yellow, calcareous 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 112010: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea nucleola n. sp. Liao 1980
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Towapteria minima Xu and Chang 1980 oyster
Ensipteria intermedia Xu 1980 oyster
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Neotainoceras sp. Zhao et al. 1978 nautiloid
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia qinglongensis n. sp. Qian 1977 trilobite
Pseudophillipsia pyriformis n. sp. Qian 1977 trilobite