Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by C.G. Shi, D.Q. Chen in 1979, 1982, 1983

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: C. G. Shi and D. Q. Chen. 1987. The Changhsingian ostracodes from Meishan, Changxing, Zhejiang. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Systemic Boundaries in China: Permian and Triassic Boundary 1:23-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117577: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2011

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