Leiyang County, Longtan Fm (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (26.4° N, 112.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 101.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. J. Zhang. 1977. Bivalvia. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:471-533 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123589: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Huananoceratidae
Huananoceras leiyangense n. sp. Xu 1977 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis leiyangensis Liu 1976 nut clam
Nuculopsis beyrichi von Schauroth 1854 nut clam