Where: Yunnan, China (25.8° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 94.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kayitou Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• 5.67 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, green, yellow sandstone and lithified mudstone
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 112118: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Neoschizodus cf. laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam | |
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
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Promyalina minuta clam | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula fuyuanensis, "Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis
Lingula fuyuanensis Liao 1980
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899 |