Weining, Guizhou (Carboniferous of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.9° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 99.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bojiwan Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.-j. Wang. 1987. Molluscs from Lower Carboniferous Bojiwan Formation of Weining, Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26(3):319-322 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59843: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Neocypricardinia cf. sinensis Chao 1927 clam
Cypricardinia sinensis Chao 1927
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Dentalium (Antalis) acumen de Koninck 1883 nautiloid
de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon munsteri" = Waagenella muensteri
"Bellerophon munsteri" = Waagenella muensteri de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus catillus Martin 1793 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura sp., "Pseudozygopleura magna n. sp." = Stephanozyga magna, "Meekospira carinimaxima n. sp." = Eoptychia carinimaxima
Pseudozygopleura sp. Knight 1930 snail
"Pseudozygopleura magna n. sp." = Stephanozyga magna Wang 1987 snail
"Meekospira carinimaxima n. sp." = Eoptychia carinimaxima Wang 1987 snail