Lojiayakou KL004a, Langdai County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.1° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 95.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Feixianguan Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• First member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson and H. Yin. 1985. Redescription of Bellerophon asiaticus Wirth (Early Triassic: Gastropoda) from China, and a survey of Triassic Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology 59(5):1305-1319 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121324: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira asiatica Wirth 1936 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
Claraia cf. aurita Hauer 1850 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Towapteria sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
ssp. variabilis
Towapteria scythica Wirth 1936 oyster