Liziya section, Maokou bed 7 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.2° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 94.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wushisanti Member (Maokou Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• No biostratigraphic available, so subdivisions are approximate

• group of beds-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 153935: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigerella derbyi Waagen 1883
"Composita subtriangularis" = Spirigerella subtriangularis Reed 1927
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Costispinifera sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae