Shaiwa, Member 4, Beds 21-22 (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.6° N, 106.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 96.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 4 Member (Shaiwa Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen, G. R. Shi, Y. Q. Gao, J. N. Tong, F. Q. Yang and Y. Q. Peng. 2009. A late Changhsingian (latest Permian) deep-water brachiopod fauna from Guizhou, South China. Alcheringa 33:163-183 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105172: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Tenuichonetes sp. Jin and Hu 1978
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Pygmochonetes shaiwaensis" = Parapygmochonetes baoqingensis
"Pygmochonetes shaiwaensis" = Parapygmochonetes baoqingensis Liao 1981
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida - Sentosiidae
Alatoproductus sp. Jin and Zhu 1978