Tuanxi Section, P-T Bed 6 (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (27.5° N, 107.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 95.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Feixianguan Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• 0.62 m thick, within transitional beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, green, yellow shale

• Yellowish green shale

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 117512: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis inaequicostatus Benecke 1868 scallop
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster
ssp. variabilis
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Towapteria scythicum" = Towapteria scythica
"Towapteria scythicum" = Towapteria scythica Wirth 1936 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis Liao 1979