Changtanhe section (Triassic of China)

Where: Hunan, China (29.5° N, 111.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 97.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Daye Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: not stated (possibly China University of Geosciences)

Primary reference: L. He, Y. B. Wang, A. Woods, G. S. Li, H. Yang and W. Liao. 2012. Calcareous tubeworms as disaster forms after the end-Permian mass extinction in south China. Palaios 27:878-886 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138560: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tentaculita
 Microconchida -
cf. Microconchus sp. Murchison 1839
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia concentrica Yabe 1928 scallop