Beichuan, sample ACF1-275 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (31.7° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 92.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS, SMF

Primary reference: G. Becker and S. Q. Wang. 1992. Kirkbyacea and Bairdiacea (Ostracoda) from the Palaeozoic of China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 224:1-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143434: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Sinabairdia nodosa n. gen. n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Carinaknightina ventrocingula n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites (Amphissites) neocentronotus n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
Neoamphissites costatus n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
Permokegelites beichuanensis n. gen. n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
? Kirkbya "sp. B" Jones 1859 ostracod
Aurikirkbya ventrocallosa n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
Aurikirkbya altalobata n. sp. Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod