Shanggan Sha3, Leye County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.8° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 96.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, yellow packstone

• Coquinoid lens of beige/yellow coarse biocalcarenite intercalated between domes of basal Triassic microbialite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich (PIMUZ)

Primary reference: A. Kaim, A. Nützel, H. Bucher, T. Brühwiler, and N. Goudemand. 2010. Early Triassic (Late Griesbachian) gastropods from South China (Shanggan, Guangxi). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103:121-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96695: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Counts updated from Hautmann et al. (2015)
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Orbicoelia speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa2
"Orbicoelia speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa2 Wang 1955
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon abrekensis" = Dicellonema abrekensis
"Bellerophon abrekensis" = Dicellonema abrekensis Kaim 2009 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Wannerispira shangganensis n. sp.
Wannerispira shangganensis n. sp. Kaim and Nützel 2010 snail
 Neritoina - Palaeonaricidae
Palaeonarica guangxinensis n. sp.
Palaeonarica guangxinensis n. sp. Kaim and Nützel 2010 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras sp.1
Ophiceras sp.1 Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus laevigatus3
Neoschizodus laevigatus3 Ziethen 1830 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astartopsis sp.3, Astartella stefaniae2
? Astartopsis sp.3 de Loriol 1891 clam
Astartella stefaniae2 Hautmann 2015 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus cf. similis2
Permophorus cf. similis2 Girty 1927 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga2
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga2 von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Scythentolium scutigerulus n. sp.3
Scythentolium scutigerulus n. sp.3 Hautmann et al. 2011 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis shajingengi n. sp.3
Eumorphotis shajingengi n. sp.3 Hautmann et al. 2011 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalinella newelli n. sp.3, Promyalina putiatinensis3
Myalinella newelli n. sp.3 Hautmann et al. 2011 clam
Promyalina putiatinensis3 Kiparisova 1938 clam
 Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
? Promysidiella sp.3
? Promysidiella sp.3 Waller and Stanley 2005 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.3
Modiolus sp.3 Lamarck 1801 mussel
1Brühwiler et al. 2008; 2Hautmann et al. 2015; 3Hautmann et al. 2011