Chenxian County, Changxing Fm (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (25.8° N, 113.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 100.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: W. S. Wu and J. M. Zhao. 1983. Late Permian corals from Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Sichuan provinces. Bulletin of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 6:271-284 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120762: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Waagenophyllum irregulare Wu and Zhao 1983 horn coral