Van-Yên, Tonkin (Permian of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (21.1° N, 104.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 96.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cisuralian (298.9 - 273.0 Ma)

• Some species listed as coming from Uralian limestones or the horizon with schwagerines (Schwagerina princeps), but range is unclear. Grant (1976) felt that one species belonged to Bilotina, possibly suggesting a younger age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Deprat, Magnin

Primary reference: H. Mansuy. 1913. Faunes des calcaires à Productus de l'Indochine. Première série. Mémoires du Service Géologiques de l'Indochine 2(4):1-133 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233575: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.02.2024

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira striatula Mansuy 1913 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten deprati n. sp. Mansuy 1913 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
""Spirifer" ? sokolovi" = Jilinmartinia sokolovi
""Spirifer" ? sokolovi" = Jilinmartinia sokolovi Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
""Spirifer" ? cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
""Spirifer" ? cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
""Spirifer" ? fritschi" = Choristites fritschi
""Spirifer" ? fritschi" = Choristites fritschi Schellwien 1892
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Bilotina sp.1 Reed 1944
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cambodgensis2 Termier and Termier 1970
 Productida - Productellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae