Matan 3, Heshan Formation, Matan Section, Heshan City: Wuchiapingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Cystothalamia sp. Girty 1908
3 individuals
Hydrozoa
"Hydrozoa" indet. Owen 1843
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida
Spinomarginifera sp. Huang 1932
29 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
29 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Perigeyerella sp.
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris sp. George 1932
6 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
12 individuals
Rectambitus sp. Xu and Grant 1994
11 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris sp. Waagen 1882
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
3 individuals
Promytilus sp. Newell 1942
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha" sp. Röding 1798
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Ensipteria sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968
54 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
1 individual
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
13 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Gujocardita sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968
9 individuals
Stutchburia sp. Etheridge 1900
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoriidae indet. Bronn 1847
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira sp. Knight 1945
44 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Streptacididae
Streptacis sp. Meek 1871
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Stegocoelia (Donaldospira) sp. (Batten 1966)
3 individuals
spelled with current rank as Donaldospira
Palaeostylus sp. Mansuy 1914
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Orthonematidae
Orthonema sp. Meek and Worthen 1862
21 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Cylindritopsis sp. Gemmellaro 1889
1 individual
Strobeus sp. de Koninck 1881
3 individuals
Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Manzanospira sp. Batten 1989
48 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Callitomaria sp. Batten 1956
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Zhonghuaspira sp. Pan and Erwin 2002
1 individual
synonym of Guizhouspira
Ananias sp. Knight 1945
16 individuals
Polyplacophora
? Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816
1 individual
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
2 individuals
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Lopingoceras sp. Shimanskiy 1962
1 individual
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
439 ossicles, 3 arm ossicles, 1 ?calyx basal plate
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
7 individuals
Spines and plates
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi
Coordinates: 23.8° North, 108.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° North, 100.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval:259.90000 - 254.17000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Heshan
Local section:Matan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray silty,cherty/siliceous wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Dark gray wackestone/lime mudstone. Abundant chert nodules. Bed is 25 cm thick.
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydrochloric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50025
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-04 13:49:59 Last modified:2005-05-04 17:08:48
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-05-04 13:49:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13431. M. E. Clapham and D. J. Bottjer. 2007. Permian marine paleoecology and its implications for large-scale decoupling of brachiopod and bivalve abundance and diversity during the Lopingian (Late Permian). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:283-301 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]