Meishan Section, Meishan Mb Bed 4 (Permian of China)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 7.6° S, 116.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Bed 4 of Zhao et al. (1978), 12.7 m thick, base of member.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, black, gray limestone

• Grayish-black thin-bedded well laminated limestone interbedded with black organic layers

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 121648: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Pleuronautilus changxingensis n. sp.
Pleuronautilus changxingensis n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras meishanense
Liroceras meishanense Zhao et al. 1978
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pseudotirolites sp.
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite
Chondrichthyes
 Eugeneodontiformes - Helicampodontidae
Sinohelicoprion changhsingensis
Sinohelicoprion changhsingensis Liu and Chang 1963 chimaera
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes -
Palaeonisciformes indet.