Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 54, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 19 of Shen & He, 1994

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 14.4° S, 106.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.1 - 251.9 Ma)

• 2.36 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and X. L. He. 1994. Changhsingian brachiopod faunas from Guiding, Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 33:440-454 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117475: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima sp. Hind 1903 file clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
 Orthida - Enteletidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris ? sinensis Shen et al. 2004
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
"Lissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Oldhamina grandis Huang 1932
 Productida -
 Productida - Tschernyschewiidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea Liao 1980