Where: China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 101.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Baoqing Member (Changxing Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• uppermost bed of Baoqing Member; Neogondolella subcarinata conodont zone, Neoalbaillella ornithoformis radiolaria zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified limestone and lithified claystone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: acetic,
Primary reference: W. He, Q. Feng, S. Gu and Y. Jin. 2005. Changxingian (Upper Permian) radiolarian fauna from Meishan D Section, Changxing, Zhejiang, China, and its possible paleoecological significance. Journal of Paleontology 79(2):209-218 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61252: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
Grandetortura nipponica Sashida and Tonishi 1991 radiolarian | |
Copicyntra robustodentata Kozur and Mostler 1989 radiolarian |