Meishan Section, Baoqing Mb Bed 2 (Permian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baoqing Member (Changxing Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Bed 2 of Zhao et al. (1978), 0.35 m thick, 6.3 m above base of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Dark gray, pinkish limestone

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 121646: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Neocycloceras sp. Flower and Caster 1935
 Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae
Parametacoceras sp. Miller and Owen 1934
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Michelinoceras" sp. Foerste 1932
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras sp. Spath 1936 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae
Sinoceltites sp. Zhao and Liang 1974 ceratite
Tapashanites curvoplicatus n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Tapashanites changxingensis n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Mingyuexiaceras radiatum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Mingyuexiaceras changxingense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Tapashanites costatus n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pseudostephanites sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Liuchengoceratidae
Liuchengoceras sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite