Meishan section Bed 37 (Triassic of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.0° N, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 101.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qinglong Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Qinglong Formation also has equivalnets of Chinglung or Yinkeng

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray, blue, calcareous mudstone and black, gray, blue shale

• Interbeds of bluish grey calcareous mudstone, black shale and grey medium- to thin-bedded calcmicrite. Limestone increasing upward

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. F. Yin, S. Shunbao, D. Meihua, Z. Kexon, T. Jinnan, Y. Fengqing, and L. Xulong. 1996. The Meishan Section, Candidate of the global stratotype section and point of Permian-Triassic boundary. The Palaeozoic-Mesozoic boundary candidates of global stratotype section and point of the Permian-Triassic Boundary 31-48 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48909: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 04.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia fukienensis, Claraia lungyenensis
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceratidae sp., Lytophiceras sp.
Ophiceratidae sp. Arthaber 1911 ceratite
Lytophiceras sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
Probably should be Ophiceras