Taiping, Bed 15, Pingguo County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (23.5° N, 107.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 97.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beisi Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• 128.89 m thick unit

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. R. Yang, X. P. Wang, and W. C. Hao. 1986. Early Triassic bivalve assemblage of western Guangxi. Journal of Stratigraphy 10:88-97 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121138: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia sp., "Posidonia circularis" = Bositra circularis
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster
"Posidonia circularis" = Bositra circularis Hsu 1937 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp., Entolium discites
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
ssp. microtis
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp., Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Eumorphotis telleri Bittner 1899 scallop
ssp. tuberculata
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
includes ssp. aff. reticulata and rudaecosta
Eumorphotis inaequicostata Benecke 1868 scallop