Tongkou section, Beichuan, bed 4 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (31.8° N, 104.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 92.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

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 148498: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
? Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia sp. Delo 1930 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia cf. guangxiensis Guan 1978 ostracod
Bairdia hassi Sohn 1960 ostracod
Fabalicypris subalta Xie 1989 ostracod
Bairdiacypris sp. Bradfield 1935 ostracod