R 640, Nanpihe 2 Section, Changning-Menglian Terrane (Permian of China)

Where: China (23.5° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° S, 84.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Follicucullus charveti other zone, Nanpihe Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• radiolarian zone: Follicucullus charveti Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified chert

• the section consists of alternating beds of grey, thin chert and reddish, thick mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: K. Kuwahara, A. Yao, and T. An. 1997. Paleozoic and Mesozoic complexes in the Yunnan area, China (Part 1): Preliminary report of Middle-Late Permian radiolarian assemblages. Journal of Geosciences, Osaka City University 40:37-49 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60010: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Protozoa
 Albaillellaria - Follicucullidae
"Pseudoalbaillella sp." = Parafollicucullus Holdsworth and Jones 1980 radiolarian
Follicucullus spp. Ormiston and Babcock 1979 radiolarian
Follicucullus lagenarius Rudenko 1984 radiolarian
Follicucullus porrectus Rudenko 1984 radiolarian
Follicucullus charveti Caridroit and De Wever 1984 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Albaillellidae
Albaillella spp. Deflandre 1952 radiolarian
 Latentifistularia - Latentifistulidae
Latentifistula "sp. A" Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian