Laowuji Section Bed 12 (PL27-21, PL26-24,23,22,21), Panxian County (Permian of China)

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

• Upper part of bed contains plants.
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Sinuitina parva n. sp. Yu 1980 snail
PL27-21
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya cf. biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
"Solemya cf. biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo guizhouensis Chen and Lan 1976 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella symmetrica Chen et al. 1974 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. malayensis Nakazawa 1973 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
? Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten huayingshanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
 Pectinida -
Anshunopecten quadratus Xu 1980 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell