Xiaohe Xh-80-C-2, 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 95718: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
""Paranorites" ovalis" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni
""Paranorites" ovalis" = Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
"Jieshaniceras guizhouensis" = Jieshaniceras guizhouense, ""Clypeoceras" tientungense" = Nanningites tientungense, "Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis" = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis, "Koninckites hubeiensis n. sp." = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis, "Proptychites candidus" = Proptychites candidus, "Paranorites elegans n. sp." = Proptychites candidus
"Jieshaniceras guizhouensis" = Jieshaniceras guizhouense Zakharov and Mu 2007 ceratite
""Clypeoceras" tientungense" = Nanningites tientungense Chao 1959 ceratite
"Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis" = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis Xu 1988 ceratite
"Koninckites hubeiensis n. sp." = Hubeitoceras yanjiaensis Xu 1988 ceratite
"Proptychites candidus" = Proptychites candidus Tozer 1961 ceratite
"Paranorites elegans n. sp." = Proptychites candidus Tozer 1961 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Xenodiscoides beatus n. sp. Xu 1988 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Kymatites yanjiaensis n. sp. Xu 1988 ceratite
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Xiaohenautilus sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Xu 1988