Wenxing Town, Longtan Fm, Beipei County (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (29.8° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 94.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. G. Jin, Z. T. Liao, and B. X. Fang. 1974. Permian brachiopods. Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China 308-313 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98067: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Tethyochonetes chaoi n. sp." = Fusichonetes soochowensis
"Tethyochonetes chaoi n. sp." = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Dictyoclostus margaritatus" = Transennatia margaritatus
"Dictyoclostus margaritatus" = Transennatia margaritatus Mansuy 1913
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina squamosa Huang 1932
Gubleria planata n. sp. Jin et al. 1974
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Pugnax pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
"Pugnax pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929