Yatian, Liannan County (Permian of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (24.7° N, 112.3° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 101.1° 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 class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.F. Hou, L.P. Zhan, and B.W. Chen. 1979. The Coal-Bearing Strata and Fossils of the Late Permian from Guangdong 1-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109783: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus richthofeni, Oldhamina sp., Oldhamina minor n. sp.
Oldhamina sp. Waagen 1883
Oldhamina minor n. sp. Zhan 1979
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Chenxianoproductus nitens2
Chenxianoproductus nitens2 Liao and Meng 1986
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Tethyochonetes sp." = Fusichonetes1
"Tethyochonetes sp." = Fusichonetes1 Liao 1981
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia sp.
Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Peltichia sp.3
Peltichia sp.3 Jin and Liao 1981
1Chen et al. 2000; 2Liao and Meng 1986; 3Shen et al. 1999