Tuzishan, Dushanzhen, Guangde County (Permian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (31.0° N, 119.6° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 101.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified 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 121665: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pernodoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1974 ceratite
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite
Dushanoceras rotalarium n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
Pleuronodoceras mirificum n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pleuronodoceras guangdeense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Rotodiscoceras dushanense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Paratainonautilus dushanensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 nautiloid