Nantong Section, P-T Bed 1 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 94.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 0.09 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, yellow mudstone

• Brownish yellow mudstone yielding abundant brachiopods

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen, X. L. He, and G. R. Shi. 1995. Biostratigraphy and correlation of several Permian-Triassic boundary sections in southwestern China. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 12(1-2):19-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117502: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella sichuanensis Shen et al. 1992
"Meekella perigeyerelloides" = Meekella heterofolda Liang 1990
 Productida - Productellidae
"Cathaysia chonetoides" = Cathaysia chonetoides, "Cathaysia speciosa" = Cathaysia chonetoides, Paryphella nasuta
"Cathaysia chonetoides" = Cathaysia chonetoides Chao 1927
"Cathaysia speciosa" = Cathaysia chonetoides Chao 1927
Paryphella nasuta Liao 1984
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
 Productida - Permianellidae
Laterispina parallela n. sp.1 Shen et al. 1994
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana, "Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis, "Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea, "Waagenites nayongensis" = Fusichonetes nayongensis, "Neochonetes zhongyingensis" = Neochonetes (Zhongyingia) zhongyingensis, Neochonetes strophomenoides
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea Liao 1980
"Waagenites nayongensis" = Fusichonetes nayongensis Liao 1980
"Neochonetes zhongyingensis" = Neochonetes (Zhongyingia) zhongyingensis Liao 1980
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia mongolica Grabau 1931
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Peltichia zigzag2 Huang 1933
Peltichia subtriangularis n. sp.2 Shen et al. 1999
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Anchorhynchia sarciniformis Shen et al. 1992
Stenolaemata
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