Guandi, Linxi (Permian of China)

Where: Inner Mongolia, China (43.7° N, 118.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 98.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Linxi Formation, Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Stored in Shenyang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

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 200977: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Actinodontida - Palaeomutelidae
"Nuculites linxiensis n. sp." = Neonuculites linxiensis
"Nuculites linxiensis n. sp." = Neonuculites linxiensis Liang 1980 clam
Shenyang Institute of Geology, Bi10005 (holotype)