Etoushan, Heshan Fm, Laibin County (Permian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (23.7° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.7° N, 100.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Heshan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone and lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Q. Yang and X. Q. Xiong. 1990. Early Late Permian cephalopods from southeastern Laibin, Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 29(2):193-203 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95513: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Jinjiangoceras planodiscum n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Jinjiangoceras penglaense n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Jinjiangoceras etoushanense n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Etoushanoceras "sp. 1" Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Etoushanoceras "sp. 2" Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Etoushanoceras ergouense n. gen. n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Etoushanoceras stenoventrum n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Konglingites laibinensis n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Hongshuiheites sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite
Hongshuiheites discus n. gen. n. sp. Yang and Xiong 1990 ceratite