Shanxiuling section, bed 9, Kaishantun, Yanji County (Permian of China)

Where: Jilin, China (42.6° N, 129.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 98.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shanxiuling Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Presence of fusulinids Quasifusulina, Rugosofusulina, Triticites, and Pseudoschwagerina in overlying bed (and Biwaella in underlying) suggests Asselian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Shenyang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources

Primary reference: L. Li and F. Gu. 1980. Late Carboniferous brachiopods from Yanji of Jilin, NE China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19:483-491 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150446: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma yanjiensis n. sp., Stenoscisma tetraplicata, Stenoscisma mutabilis
Stenoscisma yanjiensis n. sp. Li and Gu 1980
Stenoscisma mutabilis Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp.
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Brachythyrina rectangula
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" incertus n. sp., "Spirifer" jilinensis n. sp.
"Spirifer" incertus n. sp. Li and Gu 1980
"Spirifer" jilinensis n. sp. Li and Gu 1980
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia timanica, Jilinmartinia yanjiensis n. sp., "Martinia uralica" = Tiramnia uralica
Martinia timanica Tschernyschew 1902
Jilinmartinia yanjiensis n. sp. Li and Gu 1980
"Martinia uralica" = Tiramnia uralica Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Martiniopsis convexa
Martiniopsis convexa Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella crassistriata
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes latesinuata" = Paramesolobus latesinuata
"Chonetes latesinuata" = Paramesolobus latesinuata Schellwien 1892
 Productida - Productellidae
"Dictyoclostus gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti, Krotovia shanxiulingensis n. sp., "Plicatifera" shanxiulingensis n. sp.
"Dictyoclostus gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti Krotov 1888
Krotovia shanxiulingensis n. sp. Li and Gu 1980
"Plicatifera" shanxiulingensis n. sp. Li and Gu 1980
 Productida - Productidae
? Dictyoclostus sp., Kunlunia grabaui
Kunlunia grabaui Nakamura 1960