Where: Yunnan, China (28.1° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 139.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Meitan Formation, Arenig to Arenig (478.6 - 470.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in the Geological Museum of China, Beijing

Primary reference: Z. J. Fang, J. H. Chen, C. Z. Chen, J. G. Sha, X. Lan and S. Z. Wen. 2009. Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200941: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 25.04.2019

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