Where: Sichuan, China (28.0° N, 104.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.9° S, 94.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maokou Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Uppermost part of the Maokou Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Geologic Survey Team of Sichuan Coalfield Geologic Exploration Corporation in 1979
• Repository: Sichuan Province Coalfield Geological Company
Primary reference: Y. T. Pan and Y. C. Zhang. 1983. Heteronodosus, a new genus of Gastropoda from Lower Permian of Sichuan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22:593-595 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Heteronodosus giganteus n. gen. n. sp.
Heteronodosus giganteus n. gen. n. sp. Pan and Zhang 1983 snail |