Meitanba, Longtan Fm, Ningxiang County (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (28.3° N, 112.4° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 99.6° 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

Collection methods: peel or thin section

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 123623: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha" simplexa n. sp. Zhang 1977 oyster
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia triangularis n. sp. Zhang 1977 clam