Huangchanggou, Wuquan, Wangcang (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (31.9° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 92.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121620: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae
Tapashanites tenuicostatus Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
Rotodiscoceras wangcangense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite