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Yongningzhen, China

FormationYongningzhen
Age:251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
IntervalSpathian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections8
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
ChengfujinQinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, ChinaYongningzhen
DazhujingQiubei County, Wenshan, Yunnan, ChinaYongningzhen
YunnanzhaiPan County, Liupanshui, Guizhou, ChinaYongningzhen
Guiling CountyAnshun, Guizhou, ChinaYongningzhen
Langdai CountyLiuzhi District, Liupanshui, Guizhou, ChinaYongningzhen
Leshan CountyShizhong District, Leshan, Sichuan, ChinaYongningzhen
Zhongying Section Bed 21 Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, ChinaYongningzhen
Langdai Section H26-4Liuzhi District, Liupanshui, Guizhou, ChinaYongningzhen

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Changxing254 - 252 Ma
Permian
reef rocks, "limestone", framestone/bafflestone, bafflestone/wackestone, framestone, "limestone"/chert, framestone/"reef rocks", mudstone/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", "shale", mudstone, lime mudstone, lime mudstone/mudstone, "limestone"/mudstone, packstone, wackestone, siltstone, marl, dolomite, sandstone, marl/mudstone, "shale"/"limestone", siltstone/"limestone", siltstone/marl, siltstone/mudstone, chert, mudstone/chert, "limestone"/siltstone, chert/mudstone, "siliciclastic", claystone, claystone/sandstone4780
Dalong252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
mudstone, "shale", sandstone, mudstone/marl, "limestone", chert, chert/mudstone, mudstone/chert, claystone, mudstone/claystone, "shale"/lime mudstone, "siliciclastic", lime mudstone, lime mudstone/"shale", "limestone"/sandstone, framestone, chalk1953
Feixianguan252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
claystone/"mixed carbonate-siliciclastic", claystone/lime mudstone, claystone, claystone/"shale", claystone/marl, marl/lime mudstone, lime mudstone/dolomite, mudstone, "limestone", marl, "limestone"/mudstone, marl/"limestone", marl/mudstone, lime mudstone/mudstone, lime mudstone, "shale", siltstone, lime mudstone/marl, mudstone/lime mudstone, "siliciclastic", siltstone/sandstone, "limestone"/siltstone, "shale"/marl517
Longtan254 - 252 Ma
Permian
siliciclastic, lime mudstone, mudstone/siltstone, mudstone/sandstone, sandstone, mudstone, "limestone", siltstone/"limestone", siltstone, sandstone/"limestone", sandstone/siltstone, "shale", "limestone"/mudstone, "limestone"/siltstone, "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic", claystone, marl, "limestone"/"shale", "siliciclastic"/coal1424
Tongjiezi251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
limestone2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bakevellia pannonica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Bakevellia : Bakevellia pannonica251.2 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Pteria murchisoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pteria : Pteria murchisoni251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Dinarites puanensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dinaritidae : Dinarites : Dinarites puanensis251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Tirolites cassianus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tirolites : Tirolites cassianus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Trochotoma orbita
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Trochotomidae : Trochotoma : Trochotoma orbita251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

References

Zhao J. K., Wang Y. G. (1974) Triassic ammonoids, Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China, 344-351
Chen C. Z., Ma Q. H., et al (1974) Triassic bivalves, Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China, 326-343
Pan H. Z. (1982) Triassic marine fossil gastropods from SW China, Bulletin of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 4, 153-188
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