Fulicun Hzg-1592-C, Hua'an County (Permian of China)

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
 Ophiurida - Aganasteridae
"Ophioderma huaanensis n. sp." = Aganaster huaanensis
"Ophioderma huaanensis n. sp." = Aganaster huaanensis Wu 1980 brittle star