Kucaoping, bed 5, Xixiang County (Permian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.0° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 92.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

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 149074: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Changhsingoceras sp.
Changhsingoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras sp.
Pseudogastrioceras sp. Spath 1936 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Xenodiscus sp.
Xenodiscus sp. Waagen 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Dzhulfitidae
Paratirolites sp.
Paratirolites sp. Stoyanow 1910 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae
Sinoceltites sp., Sinoceltites costatus
Sinoceltites sp. Zhao and Liang 1974 ceratite
Sinoceltites costatus Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pseudotirolites sp.
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite