Damaochang, DaMei1, Zhijin County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 96.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. T. Liao. 1980. Upper Permian brachiopods from western Guizhou. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 241-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112127: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma zhijinense n. sp. Liao 1980
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella deltoides n. sp. Liao 1980