Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 46, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 11 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)

• 3.62 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone

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 117480: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites nayongensis" = Fusichonetes nayongensis Liao 1980
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina grandis Huang 1932
Oldhamina decipiens de Koninck 1863
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Haydenella wenganensis, "Haydenella kiangsiensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis, "Haydenella qinglongensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis
"Haydenella kiangsiensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883
"Haydenella qinglongensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883
 Productida -
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina ruber Frech 1911
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris ? sinensis, "Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata
Araxathyris ? sinensis Shen et al. 2004
"Araxathyris bisulcata" = Juxathyris bisulcata Liao 1980
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Semibrachythyrina anshunensis" = Alphaneospirifer anshunensis
"Semibrachythyrina anshunensis" = Alphaneospirifer anshunensis Liao 1980
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral