Where: Guizhou, China (25.9° N, 104.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 94.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Xuanwei Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, yellow siltstone
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 112113: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
? Tropidodiscus incertus snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Solemya cf. biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
"Solemya cf. biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam | |
Palaeoneilo guizhouensis Chen and Lan 1976 clam | |
Astartella symmetrica Chen et al. 1974 clam | |
Stutchburia modioliformis King 1844 clam | |
"Aviculopecten" panxianensis Xu 1976 scallop
Aviculopecten cf. malayensis Nakazawa 1973 scallop | |
? Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop | |
Pernopecten huayingshanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop | |
Anshunopecten quadratus Xu 1980 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell |