Nantong Section, Bed 24 (Permian of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (29.0° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 94.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. Zhang, S.Z. Shen; reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi. 2007. Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from South China. Part 1. Orthotetida, Orthida and Rhynchonellida. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 6:1-102 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138387: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Perigeyerella obesa n. sp. Shen and Shi 2007
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia "sp. 2" Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma mutabilis Tschernyschew 1902
 Rhynchonellida - Psilocamaridae
Cyrolexis sp. Grant 1965
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Wellerellina chongqingensis, "Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, "Prelissorhynchia antearcus" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah
Wellerellina chongqingensis Shen et al. 1992
"Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
"Prelissorhynchia antearcus" = Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah Huang 1933
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Anchorhynchia subpentagona Shen et al. 1992
Uncinunellina exilis Shen and Shi 2007
"Anchorhynchia ignobilis" = Ancorhynchia ignobilis Shen et al. 1992
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina minuta Abich 1878
 Orthida - Enteletidae
"Peltichia transversus" = Peltichia transversa
"Peltichia transversus" = Peltichia transversa Huang 1933