Mentzelia Assemblage, Yuqing Mb., Shizishan Mountain (Triassic of China)

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
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Praechlamys sp. Allasinaz 1972 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. hofmanni pearl oyster
Pteria cassiana Bittner 1895 pearl oyster
Pteria guizhouensis Chen 1976 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Elegantinia elegans Dunker 1849 clam
"Quadratia quadrata" = Guizhoumyophoria quadrata Yin 1974 clam
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia subspherica Yang and Xu 1966
Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
"Mentzelia multicostata" = Dagyssia multicostata Yang and Xu 1966
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Adygella elongata" = Coenothyris elongata
"Adygella elongata" = Coenothyris elongata Yang and Xu 1966
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae