Meishan quarry D, bed 26 (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: Clarkina meishanensis conodont zone, Yinkeng Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen, K. Kaiho, A. D. George and J. N. Tong. 2006. Survival brachiopod faunas of the end-Permian mass extinction from the southern Alps (Italy) and South China. Geological Magazine 143(3):301-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125730: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928