Meishan Ostracod Sample 34 (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 117597: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxiella infirma Shi 1982 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Samarella meishanella Forel 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Macrocyprididae
Macrocypris cf. menardensis Harlton 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella venusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Microcheilinella shicheni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella favosa Shi 1987 ostracod
Basslerella annesophieae Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris "sp. C" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris longirobusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Bairdiacypris fornicata Shi 1982 ostracod
Bairdiacypris changxingensis Shi 1987 ostracod
Bairdiacypris caeca Shi 1987 ostracod
Bairdiacypris sinensis Chen 1958 ostracod
Bairdia guangxiensis Guan 1978 ostracod
Bairdia monstrabilis Cooper 1946 ostracod
Bairdia urodeloformis Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia sinuosa Morey 1936 ostracod
Bairdia hassi Sohn 1960 ostracod
Bairdia crassa Harlton 1929 ostracod
Bairdia subcontracta Chen 1987 ostracod
"Silenites subsymmetrica" = Bairdia baudini Crasquin 2013 ostracod
Bairdia paussi Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia deweveri Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Rectobairdia firmata Chen 1982 ostracod
Lobobairdia subsymmetrica Chen 1987 ostracod
Petasobairdia subnantongensis Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdiolites sublepidocentri Chen 1982 ostracod
? Fabalicypris alta Chen 1958 ostracod
Orthobairdia meishanensis Chen 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Baschkirina huzhouensis Forel 2010 ostracod
Acratia subfusiformis Wang 1978 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Silenites sasakwaformis Shi 1987 ostracod
"Silenites texanus" = Praepilatina texanus Harlton 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida - Geroiidae
"Acratia striatula" = Pseudacanthoscapha striatula
"Acratia striatula" = Pseudacanthoscapha striatula Shi 1982 ostracod
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus caperata Guan 1978 ostracod