Wenjiangsi Section, Changxing Fm, Guiding County (Permian of China)

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)

• 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 117489: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella subcircularis n. sp. Shen and He 1994