Xiejiacao section, bed 6, Guang'an County (Triassic of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.5° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 93.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Transition Member (Daye Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, white, yellow, calcareous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

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 149119: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
Leptochondria virgalensis Wittenburg 1908 scallop
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993