Beifengjing Section, Bed 20, Zhongliang Hill (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (29.5° N, 106.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 93.9° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• 0.48 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous mudstone and lithified limestone

• Thinly-bedded calcareous mudstone with limestone interbeds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and X. L. He. 1991. Changhsingian brachiopod assemblage sequence in Zhongliang Hill, Chongqing. Journal of Stratigraphy 15(3):189-196 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94978: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes strophomenoides, "Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides, "Neochonetes sublatesinuata" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides, "Waagenites cf. wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana, "Tethyochonetes sp." = Fusichonetes1
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
"Neochonetes sublatesinuata" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
"Waagenites cf. wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928
"Tethyochonetes sp." = Fusichonetes1 Liao 1981
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Pseudostreptorhynchus deflecta2 Shen and Shi 2007
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella eximia Eichwald 1845
Orthothetina ruber Frech 1911
 Productida - Tschernyschewiidae
Tschernyschewia typica Stoyanow 1910
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Sentosiidae
Alatoproductus sp. Jin and Zhu 1978
 Productida -
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Haydenella nasuta Zeng 1993
"Haydenella kiangsiensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883
"Haydenella qinglongensis" = Haydenella kiangsiensis Kayser 1883
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris extumida, "Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa, "Crurithyris cordata" = Orbicoelia cordata
Crurithyris extumida Jin and Ye 1979
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
"Crurithyris cordata" = Orbicoelia cordata Shen et al. 1992
 Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
Qinglongia praepinguis Shen et al. 1992
Qinglongia costalliformis Shen et al. 1992
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Anchorhynchia sarciniformis Shen et al. 1992
Anchorhynchia subpentagona n. sp. Shen et al. 1992
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris guizhouensis" = Juxathyris guizhouensis Liao 1980
Araxathyris protea Abich 1878
Araxathyris undulata Shen et al. 1992
Araxathyris sinensis Shen et al. 2004
Araxathyris dilatatus Shen et al. 1992
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria longtanensis Gu and Liu 1976 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae