Guangping DG-4, Datian (Permian of China)

Where: Fujian, China (26.1° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 100.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qixia Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: W. J. Yi. 1993. Ostracode fauna from Lower Permian Chihsia Formation of Guangping in Datian, Fujian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32(5):561-586 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95700: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
Paraparchites fabula Cooper 1946 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella venusta Chen 1958 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella firma Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella obesa Kellett 1935 ostracod
Basslerella shaxianensis Yi 1990 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"Cryptobairdia folgeri" = Bairdia folgeri Kellett 1934 ostracod
Rectobairdia tantilla Kummerow 1953 ostracod
Bairdia geisi Kellett 1934 ostracod