Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 37, Guiding County (Permian of China)

Also known as Bed 2 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)

• 3.42 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown mudstone

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 117486: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia elegantula" = Permophricodothyris elegantula
"Squamularia elegantula" = Permophricodothyris elegantula Waagen 1883
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta
"Acosarina dorsisulcata" = Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
Strophomenata
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
 Productida - Cooperinidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Asioproductus bellus" = Transennatia gratiosa
"Asioproductus bellus" = Transennatia gratiosa Waagen 1884
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbyia acutangula" = Derbyia acutangula, "Derbyia guangdongensis" = Derbyia acutangula
"Derbyia acutangula" = Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
"Derbyia guangdongensis" = Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae