Gedingzhai, Renhua County, Changxing Fm (Permian of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (25.1° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 101.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.F. Hou, L.P. Zhan, and B.W. Chen. 1979. The Coal-Bearing Strata and Fossils of the Late Permian from Guangdong 1-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96803: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Cathaysia sinuata n. sp." = Paryphella sinuata
"Cathaysia sinuata n. sp." = Paryphella sinuata Zhan 1979
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris pusilla n. sp." = Paracrurithyris pigmaea
"Crurithyris pusilla n. sp." = Paracrurithyris pigmaea Liao 1980
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia sp.
Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pseudotirolites sp., Pseudotirolites asiaticus
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite
Pseudotirolites asiaticus Jaekel 1929 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
Pleuronodoceras sp., "Pleuronodoceras mapingensis" = Pleuronodoceras mapingense
Pleuronodoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ceratite
"Pleuronodoceras mapingensis" = Pleuronodoceras mapingense Sun 1933 ceratite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras cf. szechuanense, Pseudogastrioceras liui
Pseudogastrioceras liui Sun 1947 ammonite