Wenjiabei, Anfu County (Permian of China)

Where: Jiangxi, China (27.4° N, 114.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 101.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laoshan Member (Loping Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 121667: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Anfuceras longilobatum n. sp., Periptychoceras compressum n. sp., Sanyangites umbilicatus
Anfuceras longilobatum n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Periptychoceras compressum n. sp. Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite
Sanyangites umbilicatus Zhao et al. 1978 ceratite