Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 101.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1962
• Repository: Zhejiang Museum
Primary reference: H. T. Liu and M. N. Chang. 1963. First discovery of helicoprionid in China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(2):123-129 [M. Clapham/D. Robinson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149441: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Sinohelicoprion changhsingensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sinohelicoprion changhsingensis n. gen. n. sp. Liu and Chang 1963 chimaera |