Tung-tsze (Permian of China)

Also known as Tung-tse-hsien, Tsung-yi-fu

Where: Guizhou, China (27.7° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° N, 96.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Locality is a coal-field and presence of ?Tethyochonetes and Leptodus suggest Wuchiapingian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by K. Yamada

• Repository: University of Kyoto

Primary reference: F. Frech. 1911. Zerstreute Dyasvorkommen in Mittel- und Südchina: Nanking, Yerkalo, Tshung-Tien USW. In F. von Richthofen (ed.), China: Ergebnisse Eigener Reisen und Darauf Gegründeter Studien 5:162-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139289: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Lyttonia richthofeni" = Leptodus richthofeni2
"Lyttonia richthofeni" = Leptodus richthofeni2 Kayser 1883
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis1
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis1 Chao 1928
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Spirifer (Reticularia) inaequilateralis" = Permophricodothyris inaequilateralis
"Spirifer (Reticularia) inaequilateralis" = Permophricodothyris inaequilateralis Gemmellaro 1899