Huopu coal mine section, bed 15, Panxian County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.7° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 94.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kayitou Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

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 151139: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteria ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster
ssp. variabilis
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam
and ssp. bittneri
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
"Ophiceras tingi" = Ophiceras medium
"Ophiceras tingi" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite