Shangsi Section, Bed 20 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (32.3° N, 105.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 91.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dalong Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous lime mudstone and lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1984

Primary reference: Z. S. Li, Z. P. Zhan, J. Y. Dai, R. G. Jin, X. F. Zhu, J. H. Zhang, H. Q. Huang, D. Y. Xu, Z. Yan and H. M. Li. 1989. Study on the Permian-Triassic Biostratigraphy and Event Stratigraphy of Northern Sichuan and Southern Shaanxi 1-435 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148465: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pernodoceras multinodosum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
Pleuronodoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ceratite
Pentagonoceras attenuatum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pentagonoceras guizhouense Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pentagonoceras chaotianense Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Rotodiscoceras wangcangense Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812