Meishan Ostracod Sample 3 (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 117638: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris fornicata Shi 1982 ostracod
Bairdiacypris longirobusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Bairdia sinuosa Morey 1936 ostracod
Bairdia guangxiensis Guan 1978 ostracod
Abrobairdia bitubera Chen 1982 ostracod
Petasobairdia nantongensis Chen 1982 ostracod
Petasobairdia cf. bicornuta Chen 1982 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella shicheni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Aurikirkbya alta Shi 1982 ostracod
Scutikirkbya sp. Shi 1982 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Paraparchites chenshii Crasquin 2010 ostracod