Laowuji Section Bed 4 (PL27-12,10,9,8,7, PL26-10), Panxian County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.9° N, 104.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 95.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Xuanwei Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, brown, yellow siltstone and lithified, brown, yellow sandstone

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 112116: 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.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Neowellerella cf. pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
"Neowellerella cf. pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida -
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Prospondylidae
"? Lopha panxiensis" = Enantiostreon panxiensis
"? Lopha panxiensis" = Enantiostreon panxiensis Xu 1976 scallop
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Gujocardita curta Liu 1976 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae