Bangtoupo F55, Qingyan, China (Triassic to of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.3° N, 106.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 95.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Leidapo Member (Qingyan Formation), Pelsonian to Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Basal upper Anisian. Schreyerites binodosus and Paraceratites trinodosus zones. Yuqing subformation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous claystone and lithified marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,

• All abundance data given as "statistical individuals"

•Bivalves, brachiopods: Double-valved shells + higher number of single shells (right or left)

•Echinoderms, vertebrates: one indivudual if number of parts more than parts in living animal. crinoids > 150 columnalia = 1 individual,

•Others: all fragments as one

Primary reference: F. Stiller. 2001. Fossilvergesellschaftungen, Paläoökologie und paläosynökologische Entwicklung im Oberen Anisium (Mittlere Trias) von Qingyan, insbesondere Bangtoupo, Provinz Guizhou, Südwestchina. Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 92:1-523 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31629: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.05.2003, edited by Marcus Apel and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Corals indet.
Solitary corals gen. et sp. indet.
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Solenopora sp. A and calcareous red algae gen. et sp. indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Neoconophyllia leidapoensis Deng and Kong 1984 stony coral
Margarophyllia vortica Deng and Kong 1984 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
Ammonoidea gen. et sp. indet.
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia gen. et sp. indet.
 Cyrtodontida - Pichleriidae
Elegantarca subareata Chen 1976 clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Protostrea sinensis Hsu 1943 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Pseudoplacunopsis sp. n. sp. Bittner 1895 scallop
Pseudoplacunopsis n. sp. A
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. n. sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Plagiostoma n. sp. A
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Terquemiidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sulcata oyster
Cassianella ecki sulcata
Cassianella simplex Chen 1976 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria caudata pearl oyster
Pteria rugosa Chen 1976 pearl oyster
 Ostreida -
Ostreoidea indet. n. gen. n. sp.
Ostreoidea indet. n. gen. n. sp. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Ostreoidea n. gen. A, n. sp. A
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. n. sp.
Lopha sp. n. sp. Röding 1798 oyster
Lopha n. sp. A
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) salzstettensis Hohenstein 1913 mussel
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Curionia meriani clam
Curionia curionii meriani
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Elegantinia sp. n. sp. Waagen 1907 clam
Elegantinia n. sp. A
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Phestia (Polidevcia) subperlonga" = Polidevcia
"Phestia (Polidevcia) subperlonga" = Polidevcia clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Costirhynchopsis sinensis Yang and Xu 1966
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
 Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
Lepismatina hsui Wang 1955
 Spiriferinida - Balatonospiridae
Qingyenia spinosa Yang and Xu 1966
Nudispiriferina minima Yang and Xu 1966
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia subspherica Yang and Xu 1966
 Spiriferinida - Bittnerulidae
Thecocyrtelloidea tubulosa Yang and Xu 1966
Neocyrtina mixodeltidiumosa Yang and Xu 1966
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
"Cyrtina" indet. Davidson 1858
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Adygella elongata" = Coenothyris elongata
"Adygella elongata" = Coenothyris elongata Yang and Xu 1966
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Bangtoupocrinidae
Bangtoupocrinus kokeni Stiller 2000 Sea lily
 Cladida - Qingyanocrinidae
Qingyanocrinus kueichounensis Dubatolova and Shao 1959 Sea lily
 Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus cf. liliiformis Lamarck 1801 Sea lily
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Tyrolecrinus wugangi Stiller 2011 Sea lily
Balanocrinus sp. n. sp. Agassiz 1847 Sea lily
Balanocrinus n. sp. A
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae