Also known as Mingyuexia Gorge
Where: Sichuan, China (32.6° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 92.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mudstone unit (M1) Member (Maokou Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 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 189487: authorized by Jérémie Bardin, entered by Jérémie Bardin on 20.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Acratia "sp.4" Delo 1930 ostracod
Acratia ? recurvata Cordell 1952 ostracod | |
Fabalicypris "sp.4", Bairdia "sp.15", Bairdia "sp.23", Bairdia "sp.24", Bairdia "sp.26", Bairdiacypris "sp.7", Bairdiacypris "sp.8"
Fabalicypris "sp.4" ostracod
Bairdia "sp.15" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.23" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.24" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp.26" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp.7" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp.8" Bradfield 1935 ostracod | |
? Silenites "sp.3" ostracod
? Silenites "sp.6" ostracod | |
Basslerella "sp.8" Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella "sp.9" Kellett 1935 ostracod | |
Microcheilinella "sp.11" Geis 1933 ostracod |