Yueshan Section A-Y 9, Huaining County (Permian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.6° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 100.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dalong Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H. F. Yin. 1983. Uppermost Permian (Changxingian) pectinacea from south China. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 88(3):337-386 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121432: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Paradoxipecten dalongensis n. sp. Yin 1983 scallop