Jinya Section Jin26 (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.6° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 96.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Flemingites rursiradiatus ammonoid zone, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• About 6.8 m above base of measured section. Flemingites rursiradiatus beds, not named as a formal zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Brayard and H. Bucher. 2008. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology. Fossils and Strata 55:1-179 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97143: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Jinyaceras bellum n. gen. Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni Chao 1959 ceratite