Xikou, Zhen'an County (Longdongchuan Fm) (Permian of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.3° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 93.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. P. Zhan. 1989. Brachiopoda. In Z. S. Li, Z. P. Zhan, J. Y. Dai, R. G. Jin, X. F. Zhu, J. H. Zhang, H. Q. Huang, D. Y. Xu, Z. Yan, H. M. Li (eds.), Study on the Permian-Triassic Biostratigraphy and Event Stratigraphy of Northern Sichuan and Southern Shaanxi 205-211 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148517: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae