Beihuashan, Anfu County (Permian of China)

Where: Jiangxi, China (27.4° N, 114.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 101.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laoshan Member (Loping Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94990: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Lopingoceras acutanolatum Zhao et al. 1978
 Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Endolobus sp. Meek et al. 1865 nautiloid
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras jiangxiense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite
Retiogastrioceras compressum Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite
Metagastrioceras fengchengense Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite
Strigogoniatites anfuensis n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Hyattoceratidae
"Demarezites anfuensis n. sp." = Hyattoceras anfuense
"Demarezites anfuensis n. sp." = Hyattoceras anfuense Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Prototoceras longilobatum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Prototoceras inflatum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Prototoceras plicatum Chao and Liang 1965 ceratite
Prototoceras pachygyrum n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Prototoceras venustum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Prototoceras anfuense n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Prototoceras fengchengense Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Anderssonoceratidae
Leptogyroceras dongshenlingense Chao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Planodiscoceras gratiosum Chao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Lenticoceltites fengchengensis Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pachyrotoceras laevigatum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pericarinoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Pericarinoceras compressum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Pericarinoceras robustum Chao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima cf. minima Chen et al. 1974 file clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Nuculopsis beyrichi von Schauroth 1854 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Eirlysia sp. Batten 1956 snail