Wenjiangsi Section, Triassic Beds 16-21, Guiding (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 96.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Daye Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Collections from unspecified horizon (presumably from float). Dienerian P. candidus zone according to Brühwiler et al. 2008; Late Griesbachian in Dai et al. 2018.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Mu, Y. D. Zakharov, W. Z. Li and S. Z. Shen. 2007. Early Induan (Early Triassic) cephalopods from the Daye Formation at Guiding, Guizhou Province, south China. Journal of Paleontology 81:858-872 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113871: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Prionolobus cf. rotundatus" = Koninckites vetustus
"Prionolobus cf. rotundatus" = Koninckites vetustus Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
"Jieshaniceras guizhouensis" = Jieshaniceras guizhouense
"Jieshaniceras guizhouensis" = Jieshaniceras guizhouense Zakharov and Mu 2007 ceratite
Wordieoceras subwordiei n. sp. in figure 2
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
"Vishnuites cf. yangziensis" = Vishnuites pralambha, "Vishnuites wenjiangsiensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha, "Pseudovishnuites guidingensis n. gen." = Vishnuites pralambha
"Vishnuites cf. yangziensis" = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Vishnuites wenjiangsiensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Pseudovishnuites guidingensis n. gen." = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Gyrophiceras subplicatum n. sp., "Prionolobus impressus" = Ambites discus
Gyrophiceras subplicatum n. sp. Zakharov and Mu 2007 ceratite
"Prionolobus impressus" = Ambites discus Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae