Where: Sichuan, China (29.9° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 94.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Clarkina leveni -Clarkina guanyuanensis conodont zones (early late Wuchiapingian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z.-Q. Chen, M. J. Campi, G.R. Shi and K. Kaiho. 2005. Post-extinction brachiopod faunas from the Late Permian Wuchiapingian coal series of South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):343-363 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56618: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2005

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