D1612W5, Outcrop 2.4 km to the southeast of Daofu CIty, West Sichuan (Triassic of China)

Where: China (31.0° N, 101.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 86.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Oertlispongus inaequispinosus other zone, Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Oertlispongus inaequispinosus Subzone of Silicarmiger italicus Zone; Kozur and Mostler, 1994

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, gray chert and lithified shale

• gray purple radiolarian-bearing bedded chert and shale

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: Q. Feng and B. Liang. 2003. Ladinian radiolarian fauna from West Sichuan, China. Revue de micropaléontologie 46:217-227 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 130309: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 07.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae
Baumgartneria bifurcata Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Baumgartneria retrospina Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Baumgartneria ambigua Dumitrica 1999 radiolarian
"Pseudoertlispongus mostleri" = Paroertlispongus radiolarian
Paroertlispongus multispinosus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Paroertlispongus daofuensis Feng and Liang 2003 radiolarian
Falcispongus calcaneum Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Falcispongus heinzi Feng and Liang 2003 radiolarian
Oertlispongus inaequispinosus Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Cryptostephanidium cornigerum Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Triassocampe scalaris Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian