Zhongying Section Bed 5 (XH-7,6), Qinglong County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.0° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 96.1° 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, brown, gray siltstone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 112106: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Punctospirifer alpheus" = Crenispirifer alpheus
"Punctospirifer alpheus" = Crenispirifer alpheus Huang 1933
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina sp. Waagen 1883
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo cf. guizhouensis Chen and Lan 1976 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis cf. darlingensis Dickins 1963 nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella quadrata Liu 1976 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus guizhouensis Liu and Xu 1976 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Towapteria cf. nipponica Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
Bakevellia qinglongensis Xu 1976 oyster
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Guizhoupecten wangi Chen 1962 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Araeonema problematicum Wang 1980 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Girtyspira micra Xi 1980 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
? Pseudozygopleura sp. Knight 1930 snail
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxiella xinhuaensis Wang 1978 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae