Changxing County (Nanjing Museum of Natural History) (Permian of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.6° S, 116.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Collected loose but lithology indicates provenance from Changxing Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, carbonaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Obtained from farmers in Changxing County by Zhou Zuren

•Repository: Nanjing Museum of Natural History (Wulong Lake Park)

Primary reference: G. B. Liu and Q. Wang. 1994. New material of Sinohelicoprion from Changxing, Zhejiang Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32:244-248 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149442: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Eugeneodontiformes - Helicampodontidae
Sinohelicoprion changhsingensis Liu and Chang 1963 chimaera