Heilajia Section HP2-2, Langdai County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.1° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1984. Late Permian nautiloids from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:239-252 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121701: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Pleuronautilus magnus n. sp. Zheng 1984 nautiloid