Matan Section Act471, Heshan (Permian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (23.8° N, 108.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 100.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: Z. T. Liao. 1982. New genera and species of Aulostegacea (Brachiopoda). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(5):537-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112364: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Truncatenia heshanensis" = Licharewiella liangyangensis
"Truncatenia heshanensis" = Licharewiella liangyangensis Zhan 1979
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Perigeyerella minuta n. sp." = Perigeyerella costellata
"Perigeyerella minuta n. sp." = Perigeyerella costellata Wang 1955
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbyia disalata" = Derbyia schellwieni Frech 1911
Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae