Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (Triassic of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (32.4° N, 105.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° N, 90.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Tianjingshan Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic wackestone

• Thick-bedded to massive, partly cryptalgal laminated dolomitized bioclastic limestones and dolomites

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: faunal list only

Primary reference: X. Wu. 1989. Carnian (Upper Triassic) sponge mounds of the northwestern Sichuan Basin, China: Stratigraphy, facies and paleoecology. Facies 21:171-188 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25401: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 11.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp.
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp.
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Palaeonucula cf. strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata, Nucula sp.
"Palaeonucula cf. strigillata" = Palaeonucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp.
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. ecki
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia cf. kui, Halobia subcomata
Halobia subcomata Kittl 1912 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia sp., Bakevellia sp.
Hoernesia sp. Laube 1865 oyster
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima chinensis, Plagiostoma sp., Mysidioptera sp.
Lima chinensis file clam
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Mysidioptera sp. Salomon 1895 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium tenuistriatum, Entolium cf. subdemissum
Entolium cf. subdemissum Muenster 1841 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium sp.
Parvamussium sp. Sacco 1897 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Cyrtodontida - Pichleriidae
Pichleria sp.
Pichleria sp. Bittner 1895 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria vulgaris
Myophoria vulgaris von Schlotheim 1820 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya sp.
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya cf. pseudoelongata
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Pseudocorbula cf. nuculiformis
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
"Sangiaothyris cf. subcircularis" = Rhaetina, "Rhaetina cf. angustaeformis" = Angustothyris angustaeformis
"Sangiaothyris cf. subcircularis" = Rhaetina
"Rhaetina cf. angustaeformis" = Angustothyris angustaeformis Boekh 1872
Crinoidea
 Encrinida - Traumatocrinidae
Traumatocrinus hsui
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp., Dentalina sp.
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826