Where: Guangxi, China (23.7° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 101.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: xuanhanensis conodont zone, Maokou Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi. 2008. Latest Guadalupian brachiopods from the Guadalupian/Lopingian boundary GSSP section at Penglaitan in Laibin, Guangxi, south China and implications for the timing of the pre-Lopingian crisis. Palaeoworld 18:152-161 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117491: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.09.2011
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Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Spinomarginifera lopingensis Kayser 1883 | |
Echinauris opuntia Waagen 1884 | |
Tyloplecta yangtzeensis Chao 1927 |