Where: Guizhou, China (26.1° N, 105.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 95.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Longtan Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Primary reference: Y. Zhang, G. R. Shi, W. H. He, K. X. Zhang, and H. T. Wu. 2014. A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Zhongzhai section (South China), Part 2: Lingulida, Orthida, Orthotetida and Spiriferida. Alcheringa 38:480-503 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163279: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.10.2014

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