Where: Sichuan, China (31.9° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 92.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chaotian Member (Dalong Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121660: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Chaotianoceras nodosum Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite |