Yanshi Section, bed 12, Longyan County (Permian of China)

Where: Fujian, China (25.3° N, 117.2° E: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 104.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. Y. Yang, H. F. Yin, S. B. Wu, F. Q. Yang, M. H. Ding and G. R. Xu. 1987. Permian-Triassic Boundary Stratigraphy and Fauna of South China 1-379 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148566: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959 clam
 Ostreida -
Pterioidea indet. Gray 1847 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
? Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop
Possibly a misspelling of Pernopecten?
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824 nut clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina sp. Schellwien 1900
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis, "Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928