Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm) (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (25.6° N, 112.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 101.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. X. Zhang. 1981. Late Permian bivalves from Yuanjia of Jiahe, Hunan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20:260-265 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia hunanensis Ku and Chen 1963 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus dubiiformis Waagen 1881 clam
Schizodus guizhouensis Liu and Xu 1976 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella nasuta Girty 1908 clam
Astartella symmetrica Chen et al. 1974 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia nebrascensis Geinitz 1866 clam
"Edmondia murchisoniana" = Edmondia elongata Howse 1848 clam
Edmondia rotunda Beede 1907 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi, Bakevellia bicarinata, "Waagenoperna (Permoperna) sinensis" = Permoperna trapezoidalis, Ensipteria cf. onukii
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
Bakevellia bicarinata King 1848 oyster
"Waagenoperna (Permoperna) sinensis" = Permoperna trapezoidalis Kayser 1883 oyster
Ensipteria cf. onukii Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Paradoxipecten opisthoclinus n. sp., "Paradoxipecten jiaheensis n. gen. n. sp." = Paradoxipecten jiaheensis, "Paradoxipecten rarocostatus n. sp." = Paradoxipecten jiaheensis, "Etheripecten subquadratus n. sp." = Paradoxipecten jiaheensis, Aviculopecten lopingensis
Paradoxipecten opisthoclinus n. sp. Zhang 1981 scallop
"Paradoxipecten jiaheensis n. gen. n. sp." = Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Zhang 1981 scallop
"Paradoxipecten rarocostatus n. sp." = Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Zhang 1981 scallop
"Etheripecten subquadratus n. sp." = Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Zhang 1981 scallop
Aviculopecten lopingensis Ku 1948 scallop
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Hunanopecten declivis n. sp. Zhang 1981 scallop
? Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
? Leptochondria pyriformis n. sp. Zhang 1981 scallop
? Leptochondria jiaheensis n. sp. Zhang 1981 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Etheripecten hunanensis n. sp." = Etheripecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
Girtypecten cf. sublaqueatus Girty 1908 scallop
Girtypecten jiaheensis n. sp. Zhang 1981 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima sp. Hind 1903 file clam
? Palaeolima minima Chen et al. 1974 file clam
Palaeolima fasciculicostata Liu 1976 file clam
Palaeolima petaline n. sp. Zhang 1981 file clam
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria sp. Meek 1874 scallop
Euchondria sinensis Frech 1911 scallop
Euchondria jingxianensis Gu and Liu 1976 scallop
Euchondria hunanensis n. sp. Zhang 1981 scallop
Crenipecten cf. exilis Liu 1976 scallop