Southern Slope of Lolou Village: Dienerian - Spathian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Nordophiceratidae
Subinyoites cf. kashmiricus (Diener 1913)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Xenodiscoides rotula
Xenodiscoides aff. trapezoidalis
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Vishnuites marginalis Chao 1959
synonym of Vishnuites pralambha
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Lingyunites discoides Chao 1950
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites laevis Welter 1922
synonym of Aspenites acutus
Aspenites tenuis Chao 1959
recombined as Pseudaspenites tenuis
Inyoites obliplicatus Chao 1959
synonym of Pseudaspenites layeriformis
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Mesohedenstroemia planata Chao 1959
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Kashmirites varians Chao 1959
recombined as Hebeisenites varians
Paranannites phychitoides
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
Dieneroceras serpentinum
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Pseudaspidites lolouensis Chao 1959
synonym of Pseudaspidites muthianus
Pseudaspidites aberrans Chao 1959
synonym of Pseudaspidites muthianus
Prionolobus ophioneus Waagen 1895
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras lingyunense
Meekoceras kwangsianum
? Meekoceras smithi
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
Juvenites sp. Smith 1927
    = Juvenites sinuosus Kiparisova 1947
Shigeta and Nguyen 2014
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Koninckites krafti
Paranorites ellipticus
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 24.0° North, 106.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.7° North, 96.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Olenekian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Dienerian - Spathian
Age range of interval:251.40000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Mixed fauna, probably from multiple beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: section composed almost entirely of shales and sandstones (150-200m) with a few limestone lenses in the lower part. The following ammonites [sic] were procured from the limestone slabs on the slope, their exact horizon is therefore unknown, but they seem to represent two horizons.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:mixed list from at least two horizons
Metadata
Database number:44006
Authorizer:A. McGowan, M. Clapham Enterer:A. McGowan, M. Clapham
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-31 05:03:18 Last modified:2004-08-31 08:03:18
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-31 05:03:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11557. K. K. Chao. 1959. Lower Triassic Ammonoids from Western Kwangsi, China. Palaeontologica Sinica. New Series 9(145):1-33 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

50776 Y. Shigeta and H. D. Nguyen. 2014. Cephalopods. In Y. Shigeta, T. Komatsu, T. Maekawa, H. T. Dang (eds.), Olenekian (Early Triassic) stratigraphy and fossil assemblages in northeastern Vietnam. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 45:65-167 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]