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: Meishan Member (Changxing Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• Bed 6 of Zhao et al. (1978), 10.5 m thick, 12.7 m above base of member.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous 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 121649: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
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Pseudogastrioceras sp. Spath 1936 ammonite | |
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Stacheoceras chaotianense Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite | |
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Changhsingoceras meishanense Chao and Liang 1965 ammonite | |
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Trigonogastrites changxingensis n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pachydiscoceras changhsingense Chao and Liang 1966 ceratite | |
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? Pleuronodoceras inflatum n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Rotodiscoceras asiaticum Chao and Liang 1966 ceratite | |
Neotainoceras pachydiscum n. sp.
Neotainoceras pachydiscum n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 nautiloid | |
Liroceras meishanense n. sp.
Liroceras meishanense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 nautiloid | |