Chuanyan Section, Bed 23, Xingwen (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (28.1° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.7° N, 94.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Zeng, M. Liu, Z. L. Wang and W. Chen. 2007. Changhsingian sea level changes and brachiopod diversity in the upper Yangtze region. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 50:343-349 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95298: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes sp., "Tethyochonetes soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis
Neochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
"Tethyochonetes soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina dorashamensis Sokolskaja 1965
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae