Zhongying Section Bed 37 (QZ-25), Qinglong County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.0° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, nodular, gray, green, cherty/siliceous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: Z. Q. Yao, J. T. Xu, Z. G. Zheng, X. H. Zhao, and Z. G. Mou. 1980. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 1-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112012: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo qinglongensis Wen and Xu 1980 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus
"Parallelodon politus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Girty 1908 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten subglobusus Xu 1980 scallop
Misspelled as P. subgloburus
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sichuanensis Chen et al. 1974 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis planapicula Wang 1980 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Cylindritopsis altica Wang 1980 snail
[entered as Cylindritopsis altaica]
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites indicus Waagen 1880 snail
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae
Qinglongites obesus Zheng 1981 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
Rotodiscoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1966 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pachydiscoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1966 ceratite
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite
 Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Aulagonoceras plicatum Zheng 1984 nautiloid
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina squamosa Huang 1932
 Productida -
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
 Beyrichicopida - Youngiellidae
"Roundyella suboblonga" = Moorites suboblonga
"Roundyella suboblonga" = Moorites suboblonga Wang 1978 ostracod