Yangshan County, Upper Permian (Permian to of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (24.5° N, 112.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 102.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• "Upper Permian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

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 121114: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Punctospirifer cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Punctospirifer cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina ruber Frech 1911