Beifengjing Section, Bed 28, 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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)

• 0.22 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, pyritic, shelly/skeletal, gray, cherty/siliceous wackestone

• Thick-bedded pyritic skeletal wackestone with chert nodules (Clapham pers. obs.)

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 94985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Tschernyschewiidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Parapulchratia nitens" = Chenxianoproductus nitens
"Parapulchratia nitens" = Chenxianoproductus nitens Liao and Meng 1986
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Richthofeniidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
Keyserlingina dzhulfensis Sarycheva 1964
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina ruber Frech 1911
Meekella sichuanensis Shen et al. 1992
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes strophomenoides, "Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides, "Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea
"Neochonetes substrophomenoides" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea Liao 1980
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
""Squamularia" rostrata" = Bajkuria rostrata, "Squamularia extensiformis" = Permophricodothyris extensiformis, "Squamularia squamularioides" = Permophricodothyris squamularioides, "Squamularia indica" = Permophricodothyris indica
""Squamularia" rostrata" = Bajkuria rostrata Kutorga 1842
"Squamularia extensiformis" = Permophricodothyris extensiformis Chang 1977
"Squamularia squamularioides" = Permophricodothyris squamularioides Huang 1933
"Squamularia indica" = Permophricodothyris indica Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Crurithyris extumida
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis Liao 1979
Crurithyris extumida Jin and Ye 1979
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia corculum Kutorga 1844
Martinia semiplana Waagen 1883
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris guizhouensis" = Juxathyris guizhouensis Liao 1980
"Athyris triangularis" = Juxathyris zhijinensis Liao 1980
Araxathyris ? sinensis1 Shen et al. 2004
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia remota Eichwald 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Anchorhynchia sarciniformis Shen et al. 1992
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, Wellerellina extensa n. sp.2
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
Wellerellina extensa n. sp.2 Shen et al. 1992
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris subnucleolus Zhang and Jin 1961
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Peltichia sp. Jin and Liao 1981
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Guizhoupecten regularis Chen 1962 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Permoperna trapezoidalis Kayser 1883 oyster
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia obtusicauda Kayser 1883 trilobite
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae