Yutangjiao Section, Lower Member, Nantong County (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (28.9° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 94.7° 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 120796: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae