Chetou, ACN234, Meitian, Yinzhang County (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (25.3° N, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Coal Series Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Perhaps Paoshui Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1984. Some Permian ammonoids from Hunan and northern Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:185-195 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae
Tapashanites sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Meitianoceras meitianense n. gen. n. sp. Zheng 1984 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Anderssonoceratidae
Planodiscoceras cf. involutum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
 Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae
Neoaganides meitianensis n. sp. Zheng 1984 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Retiogastrioceras meitianense n. sp. Zheng 1984 ammonite
Pseudogastrioceras guangxiense Zhao et al. 1978 ammonite