Luoping biota (LPI collection) (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 104.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 94.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nicoraella kockeli conodont zone, Guanling Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Middle part of Member II

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, muddy lime mudstone

• Thin-bedded marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Invertebrate Paleontology Collection, Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, and bear the acronym LPI.

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, S. X. Hu, Q. Y. Zhang, C. Y. Zhou, T. Xie, J. Y. Huang and W. Wen. 2012. Macrurous Decapoda from the Luoping biota (Middle Triassic) of China. Journal of Paleontology 86:425-441 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127488: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
  -
Yunnanechinus luopingensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Thompson et al. 2018 sea urchin
LPI-32321, 2638, 61163, 61701A,B
Myriapoda
  -
? Diplopoda indet.1 millipede
LPI-63009
 Chilognatha -
Sinosoma luopingense n. gen. n. sp.1
Sinosoma luopingense n. gen. n. sp.1 Huang and Hannibal 2018 millipede
LPI-61593
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Palinuridae indet. Latreille 1802 spiny lobster
Yunnanopalinura schrami n. gen. n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2012 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Tridactylastacus sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2012 decapod
 Decapoda - Clytiopsidae
Koryncheiros luopingensis n. gen. n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2012 decapod
 Decapoda - Aegeridae
Distaeger prodigiosus n. gen. n. sp.2, Anisaeger brevirostrus n. gen. n. sp.2, "Anisaeger spiniferus n. sp." = Acanthochirana spinifera2
Distaeger prodigiosus n. gen. n. sp.2 Schweitzer et al. 2014 decapod
Anisaeger brevirostrus n. gen. n. sp.2 Schweitzer et al. 2014 decapod
"Anisaeger spiniferus n. sp." = Acanthochirana spinifera2 Schweitzer et al. 2014 decapod