Selong Xishan, Bed 8: Changhsingian, China
collected by S.Z. Shen 1996,1998

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
? Bullarina striata Shen et al. 2001
(7 measurements)
? Spirelytha sp. Fredericks 1924
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Trigonotreta lightjacki Archbold and Thomas 1986
Neospirifer (Quadrospira) tibetensis (Ting 1962)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella qubuensis Zhang 1976
recombined as Arcullina qubuensis
Spiriferella sinica Zhang 1976
Spiriferella rajah (Salter 1865)
Nakimusiella selongensis Shen et al. 2001
(8 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina subexpansa (Waagen 1883)
Cleiothyridina ovalis Shi and Archbold 1993
(3 measurements)
Gruntea grunti (Shi and Shen 1997)
(5 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasmatidae indet. Schuchert 1913
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina sp.
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Echinauris opuntia (Waagen 1884)
Krotovia arcuata Waterhouse 1978
recombined as Lazarevonia arcuata
(5 measurements)
Chonetella nasuta Waagen 1884
    = Chonetella semicostata Waterhouse 2004
Waterhouse 2004
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Retimarginifera xizangensis Shen et al. 2000
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes (Sommeriella) regularis Shen et al. 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xizang
Coordinates: 28.7° North, 85.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.5° South, 63.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Changhsingian
Age range of interval:254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selong
Local section:Selong Xishan Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 2.6 m thick; Chonetella nasuta assemblage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: greyish yellow calcareous mudstone and argillaceous limestone, 2.60 m thick
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:S.Z. Shen Collection dates:1996,1998
Metadata
Database number:73600
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Dunhill Enterer:U. Merkel, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-21 04:15:06 Last modified:2011-09-22 23:11:10
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-21 04:15:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24679. S. Z. Shen, N. W. Archbold, G. R. Shi and Z. Q. Chen. 2000. Permian brachiopods from the Selong Xishan Section, Xizang (Tibet), China. Part 1: Stratigraphy, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida. Geobios 33(6):725-752 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

24680 S. Z. Shen, N. W. Archbold, G. R. Shi and Z. Q. Chen. 2001. Permian brachiopods from the Selong Xishan Section, Xizang (Tibet), China. Part 2: Palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications, Spiriferida, Athyridida and Terebratulida. Geobios 34(2):157-182 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
27361 G. R. Shi, S.Z. Shen, and N.W. Archbold. 1999. Gruntea gen. nov. a new Permian spirigerellid (Brachiopoda) genus from Selong, southern Tibet, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 38:346-352 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27371 J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/B. Allen]