Liziya section, Lopingian bed 2 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.2° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 94.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous 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 156800: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia sp. Gemmellaro 1899
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes sp. Waldheim 1825
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Acosarina sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus nobilis Waagen 1883
Gubleria huangi Wang and Jin 1964
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae
"Costispinifera" sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella minuta n. sp., "Meekella cf. dorsisulcata" = Meekella kueichowensis
Meekella minuta n. sp. Zeng et al. 1995
"Meekella cf. dorsisulcata" = Meekella kueichowensis Huang 1933