Mingyuexia Section, bed 11, Chaotian, Guangyuan County (Permian of China)

Also known as Sc-M 11

Where: Sichuan, China (32.6° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 92.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wujiaping Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H. F. Yin. 1983. Uppermost Permian (Changxingian) pectinacea from south China. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 88(3):337-386 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121415: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Lopingoceras sp. Shimanskiy 1962
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras sp. Spath 1936 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Xenaspis sp." = Xenodiscus
"Xenaspis sp." = Xenodiscus Waagen 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
? Konglingites sp. Zhao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Hunanopecten exilis Zhang 1977 scallop
Hunanopecten sp. in Yang et al., 1987
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Paradoxipecten longispinus Yin 1983 scallop
Probably Girtypecten sp. in Yang et al., 1987