Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 39, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 4 of Shen & He, 1994

Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 96.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• 0.83 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 117485: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris ? sinensis Shen et al. 2004
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878