Xiejiacao section, bed 2, Guang'an County (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.5° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 93.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: Z. Y. Yang, H. F. Yin, S. B. Wu, F. Q. Yang, M. H. Ding and G. R. Xu. 1987. Permian-Triassic Boundary Stratigraphy and Fauna of South China 1-379 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149123: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Productida -
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Reichelina sp. Erk 1941
Reichelina cf. media Miklukho-Maclay 1954
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
 Fusulinina - Colaniellidae
  -
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Lagenina - Robuloididae
Robuloides lens Reichel 1946
  -
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae