Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 56, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 21 of Shen & He, 1994

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 96.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dalong Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and X. L. He. 1994. Changhsingian brachiopod faunas from Guiding, Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 33:440-454 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117464: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Permoperna trapezoidalis Kayser 1883 oyster
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima chekiangensis Ku and Chen 1963 file clam
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria sinensis Frech 1911 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
Oldhamina minor Zhan 1979
 Productida -
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Anidanthus sinosus Huang 1932
 Productida - Productellidae
"Paryphella sulcatifera" = Paryphella sinuata Zhan 1979
Paryphella nasuta Liao 1984
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Parapulchratia nitens" = Chenxianoproductus nitens Liao and Meng 1986
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides, Neochonetes strophomenoides, "Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana, "Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis, "Waagenites guizhouensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis, "Waagenites nayongensis" = Fusichonetes nayongensis
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
"Waagenites guizhouensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
"Waagenites nayongensis" = Fusichonetes nayongensis Liao 1980
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbyia yangtzeensis" = Derbyia schellwieni
"Derbyia yangtzeensis" = Derbyia schellwieni Frech 1911
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus pelargonatus von Schlotheim 1816
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia abrupta Liao and Meng 1986
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia remota Eichwald 1860
Hustedia indica Waagen 1883
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata, Araxathyris ? sinensis
"Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata Liao 1980
Araxathyris ? sinensis Shen et al. 2004
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia obtusicauda Kayser 1883 trilobite