Shamuchong, Qixia Fm, Linwu County (Permian of China)

Where: Hunan, China (25.5° N, 112.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 99.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qixia Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. H. Xu. 1977. Cephalopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:537-582 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124018: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae
Linwuceras orientale n. sp. Xu 1977 ammonite
Linwuceras zhongguoense n. sp. Xu 1977 ammonite
Linwuceras hunanense n. gen. n. sp. Xu 1977 ammonite