Hongqiling Nongchang (Jurassic of China)

Where: Heilongjiang, China (46.8° N, 133.3° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 146.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• 13 samples (MZ90-17 - 90-22, MZ90-27 - 90-31, MZ90-34, MZ90-37)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert and lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone

• dark gray chert, yellowish-gray and purple siliceous mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: Q. Yang and S. Mizutani. 1991. Radiolaria from the Nadanhada Terrane, northeast China. The Journal of Earth Sciences, Nagoya University 38:49-78 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96059: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Praemesosaturnalis sp., Praemesosaturnalis palawanensis, Mesosaturnalis cf. yaoi, Mesosaturnalis artus, Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis, Palaeosaturnalis liassicus, Palaeosaturnalis aff. liassicus, "Saturnosphaera sp." = Pseudoheliodiscus, Saturnosphaera zhangi, Pseudoheliodiscus hettangicus, Pseudoheliodiscus rotundus n. sp., Stauracanthocircus sp., Stauracanthocircus nadanhadaensis n. sp., Stauracanthocircus quadratus
Praemesosaturnalis sp. Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis palawanensis Yeh 1990 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis artus Donofrio and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis Blome 1984 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis liassicus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis aff. liassicus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
"Saturnosphaera sp." = Pseudoheliodiscus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Saturnosphaera zhangi Yang and Mizutani 1991 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus hettangicus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus rotundus n. sp. Yang and Mizutani 1991 radiolarian
Stauracanthocircus sp. Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
Stauracanthocircus nadanhadaensis n. sp. Yang and Mizutani 1991 radiolarian
Stauracanthocircus quadratus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian