Heilajia Section HP37-6, Langdai County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.1° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.3° 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

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1981. Uppermost Permian (Changhsingian) ammonoids from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(2):107-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121690: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
? Rotodiscoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Rotodiscoceras langdaiense n. sp. Zheng 1981 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Huananoceratidae
Huananoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1974 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pseudotirolites acuticostatus Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pernodoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1974 ceratite
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras sp. Teichert 1940 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tainoceras guizhouense n. sp. Zheng 1984 nautiloid
Nodopleuroceras guizhouense n. sp. Zheng 1984 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Aulagonoceras sp. Zheng 1984 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Pseudotitanoceras sp. Shimansky 1965 nautiloid