Xiaobaihu village 81LF004, Luliang County (Permian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 94.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kuangshan Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Presence of fusulinid Pamirina in another sample and occurence below Misellina claudiae zone suggests Artinskian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: Y. G. Jin and R. S. Fang. 1985. Early Permian brachiopods from the Kuangshan Formation in Luliang County, Yunnan with notes on paleogeography of south China during the Liangshanian stage. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 24:216-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132457: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella luliangensis n. sp. Jin and Fang 1985
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris circularis" = Cleiothyridina circularis
"Athyris circularis" = Cleiothyridina circularis Ustritsky 1960
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma parmularis n. sp. Jin and Fang 1985