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 | |
Sinohelicoprion changhsingensis Liu and Chang 1963 chimaera |