Liangfenya, Beifengjing Section, Changxing Fm (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (29.5° N, 106.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 94.0° 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: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Xu and R. E. Grant. 1994. Brachiopods near the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 76:1-68 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120783: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetinella cursothornia" = Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides Huang 1932
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris pusilla" = Paracrurithyris pigmaea
"Crurithyris pusilla" = Paracrurithyris pigmaea Liao 1980
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Acosarina strophiria" = Kotlaia strophiria
"Acosarina strophiria" = Kotlaia strophiria Xu and Grant 1994
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigerella discusella n. sp." = Tarimathyris discusella
"Spirigerella discusella n. sp." = Tarimathyris discusella Xu and Grant 1994
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Uncinunellina multicostifera" = Anchorhynchia sarciniformis
"Uncinunellina multicostifera" = Anchorhynchia sarciniformis Shen et al. 1992