Gangdong Section, bed SD (Carboniferous of South Korea)

Where: South Korea (37.2° N, 128.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 89.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Geumcheon-Jangseong Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black, brown claystone

• Open shelf
• Brownish to black homogeneous claystone, partly slaty

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (NMV P)

Primary reference: S. M. Lee, D. K. Choi, and G. R. Shi. 2010. Pennsylvanian brachiopods from the Geumcheon-Jangseong Formation, Pyeongan supergroup, Taebaeksan basin, Korea. Journal of Paleontology 84:417-443 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128280: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae