Chihchinghsien (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.5° N, 105.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 95.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Peking Geological Institute in 1959

Primary reference: Z. Y. Yang. 1960. On the discovery of a Scythic ophiuroid from Kueichou, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 8(2):159-163 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146272: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
"Ophioderma schistovertebrata n. sp." = Huangzhishania schistovertebrata
"Ophioderma schistovertebrata n. sp." = Huangzhishania schistovertebrata Yang 1960 brittle star