Bangtoupo F53, Qingyan, China: Pelsonian - Illyrian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Corals indet.
2 individuals
Solitary corals gen. et sp. indet.
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
30 individuals
Solenopora sp. A and calcareaous red algae gen. et sp. indet.
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Cidaris" bangtoupoensis
1 individual
"Cidaris" fangchui
1 individual
"Cidaris" gu
1 individual
"Cidaris" lineola
1 individual
"Cidaris" wachanpoensis
1 individual
Crinoidea - Qingyanocrinidae
Qingyanocrinus kueichounensis (Dubatolova and Shao 1959)
1 individual
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Balanocrinus sp. n. sp. Agassiz 1847
1 individual
Balanocrinus n. sp. A
Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus cf. liliiformis Lamarck 1801
2 individuals
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ruxingella lianjiangensis
14 individuals
Weixiserpula weixi
24 individuals
"Spirorbis" qingyani
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Paracrochordiceras sp. (Spath 1934)
1 individual
Paracrochordiceras sp. A
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Paraceratites brembanus (Mojsisovics 1882)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Triassocirrus guizhouensis Yin and Yochelson 1983
1 individual
Triassocirrus applanatus (Kutassy 1937)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Delphinulopsidae
Naticopsis (Marmolatella) applanata Kittl 1894
1 individual
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina liscaviensis (Giebel 1856)
1 individual
Trypanostylus cf. turritelliformis
1 individual
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala obliquicostata Yin and Yochelson 1983
1 individual
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
Wortheniella hausmanni
1 individual
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ladina Kittl 1892
1 individual
Hologyra guizhoui Yin and Yochelson 1983
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. n. sp. Wissman 1841
1 individual
Unionites n. sp. A
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Elegantinia sp. n. sp. (Waagen 1907)
11 individuals
Elegantinia n. sp. A
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botulopsis cf. cassiana Reis 1926
2 individuals
replaced by Botulopsis reisi
Modiolus (Modiolus) salzstettensis (Hohenstein 1913)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Terquemiidae
Terquemiidae indet. n. gen., n. sp. Cox 1964
2 individuals
Terquemiidae n. gen. B, n. sp. A
Newaagia sessilis
5 individuals
Newaagia sp. n. sp. Hertlein 1952
1 individual
Newaagia n. sp. A
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima acutecostata
1 individual
Mysidioptera (Mysidioptera) punctata Chen 1976
1 individual
Plagiostoma sp. n. sp. Sowerby 1814
2 individuals
Plagiostoma n. sp. A
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria plana
1 individual
Leptochondria albertii (Goldfuss 1838)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Protostrea sinensis (Hsu 1943)
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia cf. wengensis (Wissmann 1841)
1 individual
recombined as Bositra wengensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sulcata
5 individuals
Cassianella ecki sulcata
Cassianella qingyanensis
6 individuals
Cassianella subcislonensis
5 individuals
Cassianella simplex Chen 1976
12 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Arcavicula (Arcavicula) guizhouensis
13 individuals
Arcavicula sp. n. sp. Cox 1964
1 individual
Arcavicula (n. subgen. A), n. sp. A
Pteria caudata
2 individuals
Pteria rugosa Chen 1976
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. n. sp. Röding 1798
3 individuals
Lopha n. sp. A
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon beyrichi
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Philobryidae indet. n. gen., n. sp. Bernard 1897
2 individuals
Philobryidae n. gen. A, n. sp. A
    = Eophilobryoidella sinoanisica Stiller and Chen 2004
Stiller and Chen 2004
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Pichleriidae
Elegantarca subareata Chen 1976
4 individuals
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
1 individual
Brachiopoda gen. et sp. indet.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Costirhynchopsis sinensis (Yang and Xu 1966)
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Crurirhynchia subfissicostata Yang and Xu 1966
1 individual
recombined as Caucasorhynchella subfissicostata
Septaliphorioidea paucicostata Yang and Xu 1966
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Diholkorhynchia sinensis (Koken 1910)
40 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Schwagerispira fuchsi (Koken 1900)
11 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Laballidae
Paralepismatina semiconica Yang and Xu 1966
16 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Bittnerulidae
Leiolepismatina semiconula Yang and Xu 1966
1 individual
Thecocyrtelloidea tubulosa Yang and Xu 1966
6 individuals
Neocyrtina mixodeltidiumosa Yang and Xu 1966
9 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
"Cyrtina" indet. Davidson 1858
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Balatonospiridae
Nudispiriferina minima Yang and Xu 1966
47 individuals
Qingyenia spinosa Yang and Xu 1966
39 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
Lepismatina hsui Wang 1955
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia subspherica Yang and Xu 1966
22 individuals
Mentzelia mentzeli (Dunker 1851)
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
Angustothyris angustaeformis (Boekh 1872)
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Adygella elongata Yang and Xu 1966
16 individuals
recombined as Coenothyris elongata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Procyathopora aff. fuerstenbergensis
2 individuals
original and current combination Procyathophora
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Semidistichophyllum guizhouensis Deng and Kong 1984
6 individuals
Neoconophyllia leidapoensis Deng and Kong 1984
9 individuals
Neoconophyllia guiyangensis Deng and Kong 1984
2 individuals
Promargarosmilia sp. Deng and Zhang 1985
8 individuals
Promargarosmillia sp. A
Margarophyllia vortica Deng and Kong 1984
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 106.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.3° North, 95.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
*Period:Middle Triassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Anisian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Pelsonian - Early/Lower Illyrian
Key time interval:Pelsonian - Illyrian
Age range of interval:244.70000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qingyan Member:Leidapo
Local section:Bangtoupo Local bed:53
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Basal upper Anisian. Schreyerites binodosus and Paraceratites trinodosus zones. Yuqing subformation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous claystone
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Bioerosion:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Collection size:408 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: All abundance data given as "statistical individuals"
Bivalves, brachiopods: Double-valved shells + higher number of single shells (right or left)
Echinoderms, vertebrates: one indivudual if number of parts more than parts in living animal. crinoids > 150 columnalia = 1 individual,
Others: all fragments as one
Metadata
Database number:31628
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Aberhan Enterer:W. Kiessling, M. Apel, S. Nurnberg
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-05-20 02:11:25 Last modified:2003-05-20 05:11:28
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-20 02:11:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8524. F. Stiller. 2001. Fossilvergesellschaftungen, Paläoökologie und paläosynökologische Entwicklung im Oberen Anisium (Mittlere Trias) von Qingyan, insbesondere Bangtoupo, Provinz Guizhou, Südwestchina. Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 92:1-523 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

37155 F. Stiller and J. Chen. 2004. Eophilobryoidella sinoanisica new genus and species, an early Philobryid bivalve from the upper Anisian (middle Triassic) of Qingyan, southwestern China. Journal of Paleontology 78(2):414-419 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns/M. Uhen]