Xikou, Zhen'an County (Yundoutan Fm) (Permian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.3° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 94.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. P. Zhan. 1989. Brachiopoda. In 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, H. M. Li (eds.), Study on the Permian-Triassic Biostratigraphy and Event Stratigraphy of Northern Sichuan and Southern Shaanxi 205-211 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148516: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Compressoproductus sp. Sarytcheva 1960
Haydenella sp. Reed 1944
 Productida -
Ploughsharella diminuta n. sp. Zhan 1989
 Productida - Richthofeniidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Semibrachythyrina sp." = Alphaneospirifer
"Semibrachythyrina sp." = Alphaneospirifer Gatinaud 1949
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia "sp. A" M'Coy 1844
Martinia hunanensis Chang 1977
Martinia orbicularis Gemmellaro 1899
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris araxensis" = Transcaucasathyris araxensis Grunt 1965
Araxathyris longa Zhang and Jin 1961
"Composita" sp. Brown 1849
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia remota Eichwald 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma zhenanensis n. sp. Zhan 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris warthi Waagen 1882
 Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
 Orthida - Enteletidae
"Enteletes hemiplicatus" = Enteletes hemiplicata
"Enteletes hemiplicatus" = Enteletes hemiplicata Hall 1852