Donggwang Section, bed MN (Carboniferous of South Korea)

Where: South Korea (37.1° N, 129.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 89.8° 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: lagoonal; lithified, gray, green sandstone

• Partly restricted marine environment
• Greenish gray very fine sandstone

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 128281: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Buxtonia sp.
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Calliprotonia sp.
Calliprotonia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris reticulariformis
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Choristites sp.
Choristites sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1825
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
? Spiriferella sp.
? Spiriferella sp. Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp.
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferinida - Davidsoninidae
? Davidsonina sp.
? Davidsonina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma wooi n. sp.
Stenoscisma wooi n. sp. Lee et al. 2010
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella parva n. sp.
Rhipidomella parva n. sp. Lee et al. 2010