Yanbeihou K2, Zhijin (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.5° N, 105.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, cherty/siliceous limestone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Wang, L. Shao, L. Hao, P. Zhang, I. J. Glasspool, J. R. Wheeley, P. B. Wignall, T. Yi, M. Zhang and J. Hilton. 2011. Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Lopingian (Late Permian) coal measures in southwestern China. International Journal of Coal Geology 85(1):168-183 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197489: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 14.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp.
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Sphaerulina sp., Nankinella sp., Leella sp.
Nankinella sp. Lee 1933
Leella sp. Dunbar and Skinner 1937
(Assumed sp., spelt Leeilla in Wang et al.)
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
Palaeofusulina cf. fusiformis, Codonofusiella sp.
Codonofusiella sp. Dunbar and Skinner 1937
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Reichelina sp.
Reichelina sp. Erk 1941
 Fusulinina - Colaniellidae
Colaniella sp.