Where: Guizhou, China (28.6° N, 118.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 101.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maokou Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• 15 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, carbonaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. M. Zhao and X. S. Zhu. 1991. Early Permian Maokou Formation rugose corals from Xintang, Yichun, Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 30:90-99 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121610: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2011

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