Dachongling, lower zone 6 (Permian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (22.2° N, 108.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 101.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• zone 6: Albaillella levis zone, Capitanian-Wuchiapingian boundary in the lower part of the zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

• light orange or reddish radiolarian-bearing chert and chert claystone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: D. Sun and W. Xia. 2006. Identification of the Guadalupian-Lopingian boundary in the Permian in a bedded chert sequence, south China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 236:272-289 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95369: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Albaillellaria - Follicucullidae
Pseudoalbaillella globosa, Pseudoalbaillella aff. longicornis
Pseudoalbaillella globosa Ishiga and Imoto 1982 radiolarian
Pseudoalbaillella aff. longicornis Ishiga and Imoto 1980 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Albaillellidae
Albaillella "sp. G", Albaillella "sp. 2", Albaillella yamakitai, Albaillella levis, Albaillella cavitata
Albaillella "sp. G" Deflandre 1952 radiolarian
Albaillella "sp. 2" Deflandre 1952 radiolarian
Albaillella yamakitai Kuwahara 1999 radiolarian
Albaillella levis Ishiga et al. 1982 radiolarian
Albaillella cavitata Kuwahara 1999 radiolarian
 Latentifistularia - Ruzhencevispongidae
Tormentum "sp. A"
Tormentum "sp. A" Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian
 Latentifistularia - Cauletellidae
Pseudotormentus kamigoriensis, Ishigaum trifustis, Foremanhelena triangula, "Deflandrella "sp. A"" = Cauletella
Pseudotormentus kamigoriensis De Wever and Caridroit 1984 radiolarian
Ishigaum trifustis De Wever and Caridroit 1984 radiolarian
Foremanhelena triangula De Wever and Caridroit 1984 radiolarian
"Deflandrella "sp. A"" = Cauletella Caridroit et al. 1999 radiolarian
 Latentifistularia - Latentifistulidae
Latentifistula "sp. A", Latentifistula texana
Latentifistula "sp. A" Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian
Latentifistula texana Nazarov and Ormiston 1985 radiolarian
 Latentifistularia - Ormistonellidae
"Nazarovella inflata" = Quadriremis inflata, Nazarovella gracilis, Nazarovella scalae, Ormistonella robusta
"Nazarovella inflata" = Quadriremis inflata Sashida and Tonishi 1986 radiolarian
Nazarovella gracilis De Wever and Caridroit 1984 radiolarian
Nazarovella scalae Caridroit and De Wever 1986 radiolarian
Ormistonella robusta De Wever and Caridroit 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
? Spongotripus "sp. A"
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
Copicyntroides "sp. B"
Copicyntroides "sp. B" Nazarov and Ormiston 1985 radiolarian