Qingshan quarry, Jurong (Triassic of China)

Where: Jiangsu, China (32.1° N, 119.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 100.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qinglong Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Upper part of lower Qinglong Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1997

• Repository: Jurong City Museum; School of Earth Sciences, Department of Paleontology, Nanjing University (NV); and Beijing Museum of Natural History (BMNHC PVF)

Primary reference: G. B. Liu, H. Z. Feng, J. X. Wang, T. M. Wu, and Z. H. Zhai. 2002. Early Triassic fishes from Jurong, Jiangsu. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41:27-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117942: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 29.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Qingshania cercida n. gen. n. sp., Suius brevis n. gen. n. sp., Stensionotus dongchangensis n. sp., Jurongia fusiformis n. gen. n. sp., Peia jurongensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Qingshania cercida n. gen. n. sp. Liu 2002 ray-finned fish
Jurong City Museum J015, Nanjing University NV015, 016
Suius brevis n. gen. n. sp. Liu 2002 ray-finned fish
Jurong City Museum J016, J006
Stensionotus dongchangensis n. sp. Liu 2002 ray-finned fish
Jurong City Museum J014
Jurongia fusiformis n. gen. n. sp. Liu 2002 ray-finned fish
Jurong City Museum J013
Peia jurongensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Li 2009 ray-finned fish
BMNHC PVF141
Actinopteri
 Actinopteri -
Actinopteri indet.1
Nanjing University NV014
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
"Perleidus eurylepidotrichia n. sp." = Zhangina yangtzensis, "Zhangina jiangsuensis" = Plesioperleidus jiangsuensis1, "Zhangina cylindrica n. gen. n. sp." = Plesioperleidus jiangsuensis
"Perleidus eurylepidotrichia n. sp." = Zhangina yangtzensis Su 1981
Jurong City Museum J001
"Zhangina jiangsuensis" = Plesioperleidus jiangsuensis1 Qian 1997
Jurong City Museum J002
"Zhangina cylindrica n. gen. n. sp." = Plesioperleidus jiangsuensis Qian 1997
Nanjing University NV013