Where: Guizhou, China (26.6° N, 107.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.6° N, 96.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daye Formation, Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Yifu Museum of China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Primary reference: X. Dai, J. H. F. Davies, Z. W. Yuan, A. Brayard, M. Ovtcharova, G. H. Xu, X. K. Liu, C. P. A. Smith, C. E. Schweitzer, M. T. Li, M. G. Perrot, S. Y. Jiang, L. Y. Miao, Y. R. Cao, J. Yan, R. Y. Bai, F. Y. Wang, W. Guo, H. Y. Song, L. Tian, J. Dal Corso, Y. T. Liu, and D. L. Chu and H. J. 2023. A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem. Science 379:567-572 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229434: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.03.2023

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