Pakung Section (Triassic of China)

Where: Gunagxi, China (24.0° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 97.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• The ammonoid fauna is from two blocks found on a bridge just east of the village.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: K. K. Chao. 1959. Lower Triassic Ammonoids from Western Kwangsi, China. Palaeontologica Sinica. New Series 9(145):1-33 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44009: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 31.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
 Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
"Anakashmirites pakungensis" = Kashmirites ceratite
"Anakashmirites alternatus" = Kashmirites ceratite
Kashmirites subarmatus Diener 1913 ceratite
Hanielites elegans Welter 1922 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Mesohedenstroemia kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Anderssonoceratidae
 Ceratitida - Paranannitidae
"Prosphingites lolouensis" = Pseudoprosphingites lolouensis, Owenites lenticularis, "Owenites pakungensis" = Owenites koeneni, "Owenites costatus" = Owenites koeneni
"Prosphingites lolouensis" = Pseudoprosphingites lolouensis Chao 1959 ceratite
"Owenites pakungensis" = Owenites koeneni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Owenites costatus" = Owenites koeneni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
Juvenites pakungensis, "Juvenites sinuosus" = Juvenites sinuosus, "Anasibirites simplex" = Juvenites sinuosus, "Juvenites kwangsianus" = Juvenites sinuosus
"Juvenites sinuosus" = Juvenites sinuosus Kiparisova 1947 ceratite
"Anasibirites simplex" = Juvenites sinuosus Kiparisova 1947 ceratite
"Juvenites kwangsianus" = Juvenites sinuosus Kiparisova 1947 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ussuriidae
"Ussuria kwangsiana" = Ussuria kwangsiana, "Ussuria pakungiana" = Ussuria kwangsiana, "Ussuria longilobata" = Ussuria kwangsiana
"Ussuria kwangsiana" = Ussuria kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
"Ussuria pakungiana" = Ussuria kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
"Ussuria longilobata" = Ussuria kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Lanceolitidae
"Lanceolites orientalis" = Lanceolites bicarinatus
"Lanceolites orientalis" = Lanceolites bicarinatus Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
 Ceratitida - Prosphingitidae
 Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
"Dieneroceras ovale" = Dieneroceras tientungense Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Proptychites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Anasibirites cf. kingianus Waagen 1895 ceratite