Kongdongshan Section, Changxing Middle Mb 1, Datian County (Permian of China)

Where: Fujian, China (25.7° N, 117.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 104.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Middle part of formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: W. J. Yi. 2004. Ostracodes from the Upper Permian and Lower Triassic at the Kongtongshan section of Datian, Fujian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 43:556-570 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121288: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• May be some overlap with specific localities referenced in plate captions
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Shleesha pinguis Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Paraparchites texanus Delo 1930 ostracod
 Platycopida - Coelonellidae
Coelonella longula Chen 1958 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina rotunda Cooper 1946 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella venusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Microcheilinella perexilis Shi 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella firma Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella tota Chen and Bao 1986 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Orthobairdia exilimarginata Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia urodeloformis Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia subcontracta Chen 1987 ostracod
"Cryptobairdia longinqua" = Bairdia (Cryptobairdia) ostracod
Bairdia hassi Sohn 1960 ostracod
Bairdia subleguminoides Chen 1987 ostracod
"Bairdia macdonelli" = Bairdia macdonnelli Harlton 1929 ostracod
Bairdiacypris changxingensis Shi 1987 ostracod
Bairdiacypris fornicata Shi 1982 ostracod
Mirabairdia sublangshanensis Chen 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
 Leperditellocopida - Scrobiculidae
Roundyella dorsopapillosa Sohn 1954 ostracod