Tsoteng Section 4 (Triassic of China)

Where: Gunagxi, China (23.0° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 97.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Assigned to the Meekoceras Zone (=Smithian) on the basis of the dominance of Meekoceras indivduals

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: brown, yellow limestone

• Earthy yellow to brown impure limestone, with very rich ammonites

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 44014: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 31.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Latisageceras kasliuense Haniel 1915 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Koninckites sp., "Proptychites aff. undatus" = Koninckites khoorensis
Koninckites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
"Proptychites aff. undatus" = Koninckites khoorensis Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
 Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites acutus, "Inyoites striatus" = Pseudaspenites layeriformis, "Inyoites obliplicatus" = Pseudaspenites layeriformis, "Aspenites tenuis" = Pseudaspenites tenuis
Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Inyoites striatus" = Pseudaspenites layeriformis Welter 1922 ceratite
"Inyoites obliplicatus" = Pseudaspenites layeriformis Welter 1922 ceratite
"Aspenites tenuis" = Pseudaspenites tenuis Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
"Cordillerites kwangsianus" = Cordillerites angulatus, "Pseudohedenstroemia kwangsiana" = Hedenstroemia, Pseudosageceras longisellatum, "Pseudosageceras tsotengense" = Pseudosageceras multilobatum, "Mesohedenstroemia inflata" = Mesohedenstroemia kwangsiana
"Cordillerites kwangsianus" = Cordillerites angulatus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Pseudohedenstroemia kwangsiana" = Hedenstroemia ceratite
"Pseudosageceras tsotengense" = Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905 ceratite
"Mesohedenstroemia inflata" = Mesohedenstroemia kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prosphingitidae
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Lingyunites discoides Chao 1950 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
 Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
"Kashmirites varians" = Hebeisenites varians
"Kashmirites varians" = Hebeisenites varians Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Clypeoceras ensanuforme, Proptychites lenticularis, Proptychites sp., "Proptychites typicus" = Proptychites oldhamianus, Proptychites aff. trilobatus, Proptychites markhami, "Pseudohedenstroemia magna" = Pseudaspidites muthianus, "Clypeoceras kwangsiense" = Pseudaspidites muthianus, "Proptychites angusellatus" = Pseudaspidites muthianus, "Proptychites latilobatus" = Pseudaspidites muthianus, "Pseudaspidites simplex" = Pseudaspidites muthianus, "Pseudaspidites longisellatus" = Pseudaspidites muthianus
Proptychites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
"Proptychites typicus" = Proptychites oldhamianus Waagen 1895 ceratite
Proptychites aff. trilobatus Waagen 1895 ceratite
Proptychites markhami Diener 1897 ceratite
"Pseudohedenstroemia magna" = Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
"Clypeoceras kwangsiense" = Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
"Proptychites angusellatus" = Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
"Proptychites latilobatus" = Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
"Pseudaspidites simplex" = Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
"Pseudaspidites longisellatus" = Pseudaspidites muthianus Krafft and Diener 1909 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
Dieneroceras tientungense Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
"Meekoceras subquadratum" = Submeekoceras mushbachanum, "Meekoceras lativentrosum" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni, "Meekoceras quadratum" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni, "Meekoceras yukiangense" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni
"Meekoceras subquadratum" = Submeekoceras mushbachanum White 1879 ceratite
"Meekoceras lativentrosum" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni Chao 1959 ceratite
"Meekoceras quadratum" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni Chao 1959 ceratite
"Meekoceras yukiangense" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni Chao 1959 ceratite