Mengshan, Shanggao County (Permian of China)

Where: Jiangxi, China (28.1° N, 115.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.7° S, 124.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qixia Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Q. Z. Zhang, T. Y. Ju, and T. R. Lin. 1982. Trilobita. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:326-329 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102108: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia mengshanensis n. sp. Lin 1982 trilobite