Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 41, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 6 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)

• 0.40 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown, muddy chert

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 117483: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten fasciculicostatus" = Etheripecten fasciculicostatus
"Aviculopecten fasciculicostatus" = Etheripecten fasciculicostatus Liu 1976 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Guizhoupecten regularis Chen 1962 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten huayingshanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides, Neochonetes strophomenoides, "Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella arakeljani, "Meekella kueichowensis" = Meekella kueichowensis, "Meekella dorsisulcata" = Meekella kueichowensis
Meekella arakeljani Sokolskaja 1965
"Meekella kueichowensis" = Meekella kueichowensis Huang 1933
"Meekella dorsisulcata" = Meekella kueichowensis Huang 1933
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia elegantula" = Permophricodothyris elegantula, "Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis
"Squamularia elegantula" = Permophricodothyris elegantula Waagen 1883
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris ? sinensis Shen et al. 2004
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae