Xiaoxinzhai Section (Permian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (23.6° N, 98.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 88.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shazipo Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (NMVP)

Primary reference: Z.Q. Chen, G. R. Shi, S.Z. Shen and N.W. Archbold. 2000. Tethyochonetes gen. nov. (Chonetida, Brachiopoda) from the Lopingian (Late Permian) of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112(1):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128656: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae