Where: Anhui, China (31.6° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° N, 99.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Helongshan Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Upper part of the Helongshan Formation; late Smithian beds with Anisibirites and Neospathodus waageni
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, gray, green, calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Museum at the China University of Geosciences (CUGM) in Wuhan
Primary reference: J. Tong, X. Zhou, D. Erwin, J. Zou, and L. Zhao. 2006. Fossil Fishes from the Lower Triassic of Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 80(1):146-161 [M. Clapham/C. Feng/C. Feng]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114000: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Christina Feng and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Coelacanthidae indet., Chaohuichthys majiashanensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Osteichthyes | |
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