Houshan, Dafu, Qujiang County (Longtan Fm) (Permian of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (24.8° N, 113.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 102.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. J. Zhang. 1977. Bivalvia. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:471-533 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123591: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo qujiangensis n. sp. Zhang 1977 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella minuta n. sp. Zhang 1977 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Ensipteria radistriata n. sp. Zhang 1977 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten guangdongensis n. sp., "Pernopecten piriformis" = Entolium piriformis
Pernopecten guangdongensis n. sp. Zhang 1977 scallop
"Pernopecten piriformis" = Entolium piriformis Liu 1976 scallop