Tianxi Village, Shanying Town (Permian of China)

Where: Henan, China (36.1° N, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 84.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Streptognathodus cristellaris conodont zone, Dajian Member (Taiyuan Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• The index conodont fossil, Streptognathodus cristellaris Chernykh and Reshetkova, 1987, is from the thick-bedded bioclastic limestones, approximately 20 cm above the argillaceous limestone. S. cristellaris is representative of the second conodont zone of the Permian Asselian in Russia.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: Y. Y. Mao, G. D. Webster, W. I. Ausich, Y. Li, Q. L. Wang and M. Reich. 2018. A new crinoid fauna from the Taiyuan Formation (early Permian) of Henan, North China. Journal of Paleontology 92:1066-1080 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197054: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus chenae n. sp., Synbathocrinus campanulatus
Synbathocrinus chenae n. sp. Mao et al. 2018 Sea lily
Synbathocrinus campanulatus Wanner 1916 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae
Neoprotencrinus anyangensis n. sp., Sinocrinus sheareri, Erisocrinus cf. longwelli
Neoprotencrinus anyangensis n. sp. Mao et al. 2018 Sea lily
Sinocrinus sheareri Strimple and Watkins 1969 Sea lily
Erisocrinus cf. longwelli Lane and Webster 1966 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Protencrinidae
Protencrinus baliensis
Protencrinus baliensis Webster 2012 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Stellarocrinidae
Celonocrinus cf. expansus
Celonocrinus cf. expansus Lane and Webster 1966 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae
Ulocrinus qiaoi n. sp.
Ulocrinus qiaoi n. sp. Mao et al. 2018 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida -
Apographiocrinoidea indet.
Apographiocrinoidea indet. Moore and Laudon 1943 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae
Pachylocrinidae indet.
Pachylocrinidae indet. Kirk 1942 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Apographiocrinidae
Apographiocrinus sp.
Apographiocrinus sp. Moore and Plummer 1940 Sea lily
 Sagenocrinida - Euryocrinidae
Artichthyocrinus limani n. sp.
Artichthyocrinus limani n. sp. Mao et al. 2018 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinitidae indet.
Platycrinitidae indet. Bassler 1938 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Eomarginifera sp.
Eomarginifera sp. Muir-Wood 1930
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp.
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Choristites sp.
Choristites sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1825
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp.
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura sp.
Pseudozygopleura sp. Knight 1930 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Ditomopyge sp.
Ditomopyge sp. Newell 1931 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Yakovleviella sp.
Yakovleviella sp. Fomichev 1953 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophocarinophyllum sp.
Lophocarinophyllum sp. Grabau 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Tachylasmatidae
Tachylasma sp.
Tachylasma sp. Grabau 1922 horn coral