Chaotian Section, Maokou Formation, 11CHAO171 (Permian of China)

Also known as Mingyuexia Gorge

Where: Sichuan, China (32.6° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 92.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Limestone Unit (L3) Member (Maokou Formation), Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: recrystallized, original calcite, original chitin

Collected by Zazzali, S.

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Zazzali, S. Crasquin, J.-F. Deconinck and Q. Feng. 2015. Biodiversity across the Guadalupian-Lopingian Boundary: first results on the ostracod (Crustacea) fauna, Chaotian section (Sichuan Province, South China). Geodiversitas 37(3):283-313 [J. Bardin/J. Bardin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 189442: authorized by Jérémie Bardin, entered by Jérémie Bardin on 19.10.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Kirkbyoidea "indet.1" Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Platycopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxitidae "sp.1" Egorov 1950 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Samarella viscusforma Chitnarin 2012 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella "sp.1" Geis 1933 ostracod
Microcheilinella "sp.2" Geis 1933 ostracod
Microcheilinella pagodaensis Zazzali et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella "sp.1" Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella "sp.2" Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella "sp.3" Kellett 1935 ostracod
? Basslerella "sp.4" Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella "sp.5" Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella "sp.6" Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella "sp.7" Kellett 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia "sp.2" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.3" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.5" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.6" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.7" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp.1" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp.2" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp.3" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia "sp.1" Delo 1930 ostracod
Acratia "sp.2" Delo 1930 ostracod
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus ? caperata Guan 1978 ostracod