Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 52, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 17 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: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• 4.11 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black chert and 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 117476: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria sinensis Frech 1911 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, "Lissorhynchia triplicata" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
"Lissorhynchia triplicata" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata
"Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata Liao 1980
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Haydenella minuta Sarycheva 1965
 Productida - Cooperinidae