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 | |
Pleuronautilus magnus n. sp.
Pleuronautilus magnus n. sp. Zheng 1984 nautiloid |