Xiaohe Xh-80-C-1, Lichuan (Triassic of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.1° N, 108.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 94.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ruiping Formation, Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. H. Xu. 1988. Early Triassic cephalopods from Lichuan, western Hubei. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 27:437-456 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95717: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Proptychites candidus1, "Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis" = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis1, "Koninckites hubeiensis" = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis
Proptychites candidus1 Tozer 1961 ceratite
"Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis" = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis1 Xu 1988 ceratite
"Koninckites hubeiensis" = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis Xu 1988 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras sp.2, ? Lytophiceras leptodiscus, "Vishnuites orientalis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha, "Vishnuites huazhongensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha, "Vishnuites marginalis" = Vishnuites pralambha, "Vishnuites lichuanensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha, "Vishnuites yangziensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha
Ophiceras sp.2 Griesbach 1880 ceratite
? Lytophiceras leptodiscus Spath 1935 ceratite
"Vishnuites orientalis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Vishnuites huazhongensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Vishnuites marginalis" = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Vishnuites lichuanensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
"Vishnuites yangziensis n. sp." = Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Kymatites xiaohensis n. sp., "Gyronites evolvens" = Ambites atavus, "? Lytophiceras dubium" = Meekophiceras dubium
Kymatites xiaohensis n. sp. Xu 1988 ceratite
"Gyronites evolvens" = Ambites atavus Waagen 1895 ceratite
"? Lytophiceras dubium" = Meekophiceras dubium Spath 1935 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Paranorites xiaohensis n. sp. Xu 1988 ceratite