Meishan section D, bed 24 (Permian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, muddy limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Specimens at University of Western Australia (UWA)

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen and Z. T. Liao. 2009. Brachiopod faunas across the Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian (Late Permian) boundary at the stratotype section and subsurface of Changxing area, South China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 254(3):315-335 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122711: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae