Youjianzhai-1 (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.6° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 96.5° E)

When: Hindeodus parvus conodont zone, Daye Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous packstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: W.J. Foster, D.J. Lehrmann, M. Yu, L. Ji, and R.C. Martindale. 2018. Persistent Environmental Stress Delayed the Recovery of Marine Communities in the Aftermath of the Latest Permian Mass Extinction. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 33:338-353 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200983: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 28.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Tentaculita
 Microconchida -
Microconchus aberrans Hohenstein 1913
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Orbicoelia speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa
"Orbicoelia speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis shajingengi Hautmann et al. 2011 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
Bakevellia exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster
Towapteria scythica Wirth 1936 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalinella newelli Hautmann et al. 2011 clam