Lianyang County, Dalong Fm (Permian of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (24.8° N, 112.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 101.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

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 123617: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten simplicus Chen et al. 1974 scallop