Majiawo Section, Changxing Fm, Gaoshan, Dejiang County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (28.5° N, 108.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 95.8° 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: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Feng and Z. L. Jiang. 1978. Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Southwest China, Guizhou Volume 2:231-305 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108163: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia squamularioides" = Permophricodothyris squamularioides
"Squamularia squamularioides" = Permophricodothyris squamularioides Huang 1933