Jinya Section Jin45 (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: Owenites koeneni ammonoid zone, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• About 9.7 m above base of measured section. Owenites koeneni 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 97158: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Paranannites sinensis Chao 1959 ceratite
"Paranannites ovum" = Paranannites involutus Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
Dieneroceras tientungense Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Leyeceras rothi n. gen. Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
Hanielites elegans Welter 1922 ceratite
Hanielites gracilus n. sp. Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite
Hanielites carinatitabulatus Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
? Anaxenaspis sp. Kiparisova 1956 ceratite
Anaflemingites hochulii n. sp. Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
"Juvenites procurvus" = Juvenites sinuosus
"Juvenites procurvus" = Juvenites sinuosus Kiparisova 1947 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranannitidae
Owenites simplex Welter 1922 ceratite
Owenites koeneni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ussuriidae
Ussuria kwangsiana Chao 1959 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Lanceolitidae
Lanceolites bicarinatus Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Anderssonoceratidae
 Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Mesohedenstroemia planata Chao 1959 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae
Galfettites simplicitatis n. gen. Brayard and Bucher 2008 ammonite