R251 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (32.1° N, 106.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 92.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: radiolarite

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. Yao and K. Kuwahara. 1999. Permian and Triassic radiolarian assemblages from the Yangzi Platform. Biotic and Geological Department of the Paleo-Tethys in China 1-16 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220732: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 14.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera sp. Foreman 1963 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria spp. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
? Orbiculiforma sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian