Mazhai, Kaiyang (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (27.1° N, 107.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 96.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: R.-L. Feng. 1985. New discovery of fossil ophiuroids from Guizhou and southern Sichuan, China. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 24(3):337-343 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32498: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiurinidae
? Syntomospina kaiyangensis n. sp. Feng 1985 brittle star