Gaodi, ZK302, Shaxian (Permian of China)

Where: Fujian, China (26.4° N, 117.7° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 101.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chuanshan Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: W. J. Yi. 1990. Ostracoda from upper Chuanshan Formation in west Fujian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 29(6):734-744 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95696: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Shleesha sp. ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Coelonellidae
Coelonella longula Chen 1958 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae
Paraparchitella ovata Cooper 1946 ostracod
Paraparchites fabula Cooper 1946 ostracod
Paraparchites inornatus McCoy 1886 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus caperata Guan 1978 ostracod
Cyathus formosus Shi 1982 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sphenoformis n. sp. Yi 1990 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella postspinosa Chen 1958 ostracod
Microcheilinella venusta Chen 1958 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella shaxianensis n. sp. Yi 1990 ostracod
Basslerella ovata Cooper 1946 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris longirobusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Bairdia menardensis Harlton 1929 ostracod
Bairdia cf. ziguiensis Sun 1984 ostracod
"Orthobairdia insolen" = Orthobairdia insolens Cooper 1941 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia cf. zhongyingensis Wang 1978 ostracod