Matan Section Act468, 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. 1987. Paleoecological characters and stratigraphic significance of silicified brachiopods of the Upper Permian from Heshan, Laibin, Guangxi. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundaries in China: Permian and Triassic Boundary 1:81-125 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112401: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Guizhouspira gibbicircelloides n. sp., "Guizhouspira alticonica" = Ananias alticonica
Guizhouspira gibbicircelloides n. sp. Wang 1982 snail
"Guizhouspira alticonica" = Ananias alticonica Wang 1980 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris minuta Waagen 1882
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Productida -