Zhongzhai bed 4, Liuzhi County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.1° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Primary reference: Y. Zhang, W. H. He, G. R. Shi and K. X. Zhang. 2013. A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) Rugosochonetidae (Brachiopoda) fauna from the Zhongzhai section, southwestern Guizhou Province, South China. Alcheringa 37:223-247 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145677: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) geniculatus, Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) substrophomenoides, "Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa" = Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa1, "Neochonetes (Sommeriella) waterhousei" = Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) sp., "Tethyochonetes flatus" = Fusichonetes flatus2, "Tethyochonetes sheni" = Fusichonetes sheni2, "Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis2, "Tethyochonetes pygmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea2, "Tethyochonetes quadrata" = Fusichonetes quadrata, "Tethyochonetes minor n. sp." = Fusichonetes minor2
"Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa" = Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa1 Liao 1980
"Neochonetes (Sommeriella) waterhousei" = Neochonetes (Neochonetes) convexa Liao 1980
"Tethyochonetes flatus" = Fusichonetes flatus2 Shen and Archbold 2002
"Tethyochonetes sheni" = Fusichonetes sheni2 Zhang et al. 2013
"Tethyochonetes chaoi" = Fusichonetes soochowensis2 Chao 1928
"Tethyochonetes pygmaea" = Fusichonetes pygmaea2 Liao 1980
"Tethyochonetes quadrata" = Fusichonetes quadrata Zhan 1979
"Tethyochonetes minor n. sp." = Fusichonetes minor2 Zhang et al. 2015
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Orbicoelia speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa3, "Orbicoelia cf. speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa3, Orbicoelia comcincta3, "Paracrurithyris pygmaea" = Paracrurithyris pigmaea2
"Orbicoelia speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa3 Wang 1955
"Orbicoelia cf. speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa3 Wang 1955
"Paracrurithyris pygmaea" = Paracrurithyris pigmaea2 Liao 1980
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea anhuiensis3 Jin and Hu 1978