Songshan, Wuxi (Permian of China)

Where: Jiangsu, China (31.6° N, 120.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 101.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. G. Zhu, R. S. Ren, D. R. Qi, W. S. Wu, Y. Y. Yan, C. M. Yu, X. G. Yu, J. M. Zhao, H. C. Chen, M. J. Chen, and W. H. Liao. 1982. Anthozoa. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:108-179 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100824: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Waagenophyllum songshanense n. sp. horn coral
Waagenophyllum virgalense Waagen and Wentzel 1886 horn coral
"Waagenophyllum simplex" = Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) simplex Wu 1957 horn coral
Waagenophyllum mongoliense Grabau 1931 horn coral
Waagenophyllum wuxiense n. sp. Yan and Chen 1982 horn coral