Where: Guizhou, China (26.4° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 95.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yuqing Member (Qingyan Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: T. Komatsu, M. Akasaki, J.-H. Chen, M.-Z. Cao, and F. Stiller. 2004. Benthic fossil assemblages and depositional facies of the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Yuqing Member of the Qingyan Formation, southern China. Paleontological Research 8(1):43-52 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201820: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 30.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Praechlamys sp. Allasinaz 1972 scallop | |
Plagiostoma tingi file clam
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Pteria cf. hofmanni pearl oyster
Pteria cassiana Bittner 1895 pearl oyster
Pteria guizhouensis Chen 1976 pearl oyster | |
Cassianella ecki oyster
Cassianella qingyanensis oyster | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam | |
Elegantinia elegans Dunker 1849 clam
"Quadratia quadrata" = Guizhoumyophoria quadrata Yin 1974 clam
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Mentzelia subspherica Yang and Xu 1966
Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
"Mentzelia multicostata" = Dagyssia multicostata Yang and Xu 1966 | |
Septaliphorioidea paucicostata Yang and Xu 1966 | |
Diholkorhynchia sinensis Koken 1910 | |
"Adygella elongata" = Coenothyris elongata
"Adygella elongata" = Coenothyris elongata Yang and Xu 1966 | |
Angustothyris angustaeformis Boekh 1872 |