Xinlin Gongshe, Longjiang County (Permian of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (47.3° N, 122.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 104.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Liutiagou Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. F. Liang. 1980. Mollusca. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:429-484 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111766: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Megalodon" longjiangensis n. sp. Liang 1980 clam