Jinya Section, Bed 6, Fengshan County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.6° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 96.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Banna Formation), Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• 6.5 m thick in upper part of lower member, Banna Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, black shale

• Black thin-bedded shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. H. Chen and T. Komatsu. 2002. So-called Middle Triassic "Claraia" (Bivalvia) from Guangxi, south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41(3):434-447 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96998: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Balatonites sp.
Balatonites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Hollandites sp., Beyrichites sp.
Hollandites sp. Diener 1907 ceratite
Beyrichites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Acrochordiceras sp.
Acrochordiceras sp. Hyatt 1877 ceratite