Jangseong Section, bed MG (Carboniferous of South Korea)

Where: South Korea (37.1° N, 129.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° 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: lagoonal; lithified siltstone

• Restricted marine such as lagoon
• Homogeneous siltstone with fissility

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 128283: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia paula
Hustedia paula Roberts 1971
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
? Spiriferella sp.
? Spiriferella sp. Tschernyschew 1902
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop