Liziya section, Maokou bed 2 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.2° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 93.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wushisanti Member (Maokou Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• No biostratigraphic available, so subdivisions are approximate

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou (possibly now at NIGPAS)

Primary reference: Y. Zeng, X. L. He, and M. L. Zhu. 1995. Permian Brachiopods and Community Succession in the Huayin Mountains, Sichuan 1-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153930: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Productidae
Tyloplecta sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Monticulifera sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida -
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus sp. Kayser 1883
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Uncinunellina sp. Grabau 1932
 Athyridida - Athyrididae