Enkou, Dalong Fm, Lianyuan County (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (27.8° N, 112.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 98.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. J. Zhang. 1977. Bivalvia. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:471-533 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105948: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia "sp. 2" Bronn 1828 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Ensipteria exilisa Zhang 1977 oyster
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) elliptica" = Janeia elliptica
"Solemya (Janeia) elliptica" = Janeia elliptica Zhang 1977 Awning Clam