Yangjiatang, Maokou Formation, Yuan'an County (Permian to of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.9° N, 111.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 96.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maokou Formation, Roadian to Roadian (272.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Yang, S. Ni, M. Chang and R. Zhao. 1977. Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:306-470 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121112: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cryptospirifer semiplicatus" = Titanothyris semiplicata, Araxathyris yuananensis n. sp.
"Cryptospirifer semiplicatus" = Titanothyris semiplicata Huang 1933
Araxathyris yuananensis n. sp. Yang 1977
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina yuananensis n. sp. Ni 1977