ADL754, Shulaohe section, bed 15 (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (27.3° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° N, 81.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Malayites-Pseudocardioceras ammonoid zone, Songgui Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• JA: originally entered as Norian; the Malayites paulchei zone is early Norian = Lacian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

• The Songgui Fm, with thickness of 365 m, is a sequence of bioclastics consisting mainly of sandstone, shale, mudstone and marlite with abundant fossils.

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: F. S. Xia. 1999. The cystoporate bryozoan Cassianopora from the early Norian (Late Triassic) and its phylogenetic relations. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 16:5-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33098: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 22.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cassianopora hei n. sp.
Cassianopora hei n. sp. Xia 1999