Matan Section 6, Third Member (Act496-529) (Permian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (23.8° N, 108.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 99.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Heshan Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 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 112431: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Includes occurrences without more precise information
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina sp. Waagen 1883
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia sp. Gemmellaro 1899
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969