Dingxiao, Xingyi (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.2° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 92.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zhuganpo Member (Falang Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Zhuganpo Member includes gray to dark gray thin-bedded marlites and argillaceous limestones, bioclastic limestones, dolomitic limestones, siliceous mudstones.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Keichousaurus Fauna Exhibition Hall of Guizhou Dingxiao Economic Development Zone

Primary reference: G. B. Liu, C. Z. Yin, X. H. Wang, Y.M. Luo, and S. Y. Wang. 2003. New discovered fishes from Keichousaurus-bearing horizon of Late Triassic in Xingyi of Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 42:346-366 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146380: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Ionoscopiformes - Furidae
Xingyia gracilis n. gen. n. sp.
Xingyia gracilis n. gen. n. sp. Liu 2003 ray-finned fish
 Ionoscopiformes -
Asialepidotus shingyiensis
Asialepidotus shingyiensis Su 1959 ray-finned fish