BT01-09, Bac Thuy section (Triassic of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (21.7° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° N, 98.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Urdyceras tulongensis ammonoid zone, Bac Thuy Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: All cephalopod, gastropod, ostracod and conodont specimens are reposited at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba. Bivalves are stored in the Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, and radiolarian specimens are stored at Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei.

Primary reference: Y. Shigeta, T. Komatsu, T. Maekawa and H. T. Dang. 2014. Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45:1-309 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155485: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae
Urdyceras tulongensis Brühwiler et al. 2010 ammonite
Galfettites simplicitatis Brayard and Bucher 2008 ammonite
 Ceratitida -
Ceratitida "genus indet. B" Hyatt 1884 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Paranannites sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
? Jinyaceras sp. Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite
Jinyaceras cf. bellum Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ussuriidae
Ussuria kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite