Yanjin County (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (28.1° N, 104.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° N, 92.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leikoupo Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Xu. 1978. Triassic Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:267-314 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123675: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Triseptothyris yanjinensis n. gen. n. sp. Xu 1978