Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qinglong Group, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• Formerly Chinglung Formation. Higher horizon than CH1. "Meekoceras-zone"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: T. Y. Hsu. 1937. Contribution to the marine Lower Triassic fauna of southern China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 16:303-346 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109789: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.05.2011

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