Yanzhikou KY123b, Bijie County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.3° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 94.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 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 121325: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria minima Kiparisova 1938 scallop
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira asiatica Wirth 1936 snail