Daijiagou Section, Longtan Member 1 shellbed, Hechuan County: Wuchiapingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Edriosteges poyangensis (Kayser 1883)
30 %-specimens
(5 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida
Spinomarginifera lopingensis (Kayser 1883)
20 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Niutoushania chongqingensis n. sp. Chen 2005
16 %-specimens
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Chengxianoproductus cf. changxingensis (Liao and Meng 1986)
10 %-specimens
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Perigeyerella costellata Wang 1955
4 %-specimens
(1 measurement)
    = Orthothetina ellipsoides Shen et al. 1992
Shen and Shi 2007
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Magniderbyia sp. Jin and Ye 1979
10 %-specimens
(1 measurement)
    = Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
Shen and Shi 2007
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Paraspiriferina sp. (Reed 1944)
4 %-specimens
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Permophricodothyris grandis (Chao 1929)
6 %-specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan
Coordinates: 29.9° North, 106.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.7° North, 94.7° East
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
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: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Longtan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Gray calcareous mudstone to argillaceous limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Collection size:51 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Only includes brachiopods. Gastropods, bivalves, bryozoa, and echinoids are reported to be present but are not described.
Metadata
Database number:56610
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-21 11:33:58 Last modified:2011-05-19 00:57:49
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-21 11:33:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15241. Z.-Q. Chen, M. J. Campi, G.R. Shi and K. Kaiho. 2005. Post-extinction brachiopod faunas from the Late Permian Wuchiapingian coal series of South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):343-363 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

32491 S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi. 2007. Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from South China. Part 1. Orthotetida, Orthida and Rhynchonellida. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 6:1-102 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]