Southern Slopes of Tameishan, Changxing District (Permian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (30.2° N, 115.1° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 99.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Wang and H. Liu. 1981. Coelacanth fishes from the Marine Permian of Zhejiang, South China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(4):305-312 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123522: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 25.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Changxingia aspratilis n. gen. n. sp.
Changxingia aspratilis n. gen. n. sp. Wang and Liu 1981 coelacanth
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Youngichthys xinhuainsis n. gen. n. sp.
Youngichthys xinhuainsis n. gen. n. sp. Wang and Liu 1981 lobe-finned fish