Fushi, Xikou Fm, Yongding County (Triassic of China)

Where: Fujian, China (24.9° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 104.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xikou Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Xikou Formation in Fujian, different from Xikou Formation in northern Sichuan/Shaanxi

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Wang, Q. Liu, Y. Jin, S. Hu, W. Liang and Z. Liao. 1982. Phylum Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:186-256 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120035: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea
"Waagenites pigmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea Liao 1980
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis
"Crurithyris flabelliformis" = Orbicoelia flabelliformis Liao 1979