Meishan Ostracod Sample 39 (Permian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by C.G. Shi, D.Q. Chen in 1979, 1982, 1983

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: C. G. Shi and D. Q. Chen. 1987. The Changhsingian ostracodes from Meishan, Changxing, Zhejiang. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundaries in China: Permian and Triassic Boundary 1:23-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117592: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Metacopida - Rishonidae
Samarella meishanella Forel 2010 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus caperata Guan 1978 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxiella infirma Shi 1982 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
"Pseudobythocypris changxingensis" = Acratia changxingensis, Baschkirina huzhouensis
"Pseudobythocypris changxingensis" = Acratia changxingensis Shi 1987 ostracod
Baschkirina huzhouensis Forel 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Orthobairdia exilimarginata Chen 1987 ostracod
Petasobairdia bicornuta Chen 1982 ostracod
Bairdiacypris fornicata Shi 1982 ostracod
Bairdiacypris caeca Shi 1987 ostracod
Lobobairdia rostriformis Chen 1982 ostracod
Fabalicypris cf. minuta Cooper 1946 ostracod
Bairdia wushunbaoi Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia crassa Harlton 1929 ostracod
Bairdia urodeloformis Chen 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Silenis acuta Chen 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella favosa Shi 1987 ostracod
Basslerella annesophieae Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella shicheni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Microcheilinella venusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Microcheilinella perexilis Shi 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Macrocyprididae
Macrocypris cf. menardensis Harlton 1929 ostracod