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
Bivalvia | |
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
Claraia cf. aurita Hauer 1850 scallop | |
Towapteria scythica Wirth 1936 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Retispira asiatica Wirth 1936 snail |