Meishan 04A29, Bed 29a, Meishan A (Triassic of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yinkeng Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, argillaceous lime mudstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin, M. B. Forel, Q. L. Feng, A. H. Yuan, F. Baudin and P. Y. Collin. 2010. Ostracods (Crustacea) through the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China: the Meishan stratotype (Zhejiang Province). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(3):331-370 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97932: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris anisica Kozur 1971 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Knightina "sp. B" Kellett 1933 ostracod