Liangshan, middle Wujiaping (coll 3), 3 km SE of Yan'erwo, Hanzhong County (Permian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.1° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 92.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wujiaping Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Middle part of the Wuchiaping limestone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Y.H. Lu

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: W. S. Wu. 1957. Upper Permian corals from Liangshan, S Shensi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 5:325-342 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium liangshanense n. sp. Wu 1957 horn coral
 Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
"Sinopora dendroides" = Multithecopora dendroidea
"Sinopora dendroides" = Multithecopora dendroidea Yoh 1932 tabulate coral