Dalongshan Section Bed 2, Panjiaqiao, Guichi (Triassic of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.5° N, 117.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.3° S, 116.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 2 Member (Qinglong Formation), Smithian (249.9 - 248.1 Ma)

• 26 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, green, calcareous shale and lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. Li and B. L. Ding. 1981. Two new lamellibranch genera from Lower Triassic of Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(4):325-330 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95655: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras sp. Hyatt 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
Wyomingites sp. Hyatt 1900 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonia cf. circularis" = Bositra circularis
"Posidonia cf. circularis" = Bositra circularis Hsu 1937 oyster