Where: Fujian, China (25.0° N, 117.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 104.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tongziyan Formation, Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)
• Age given as Capitanian by Chen & McNamara, 2006.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected in 1976
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: Q. Wu. 1980. First discovery of an upper Permian ophiuroid in Fujian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19(1):61-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120773: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
"Ophioderma huaanensis n. sp." = Aganaster huaanensis
"Ophioderma huaanensis n. sp." = Aganaster huaanensis Wu 1980 brittle star |