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 transcaucasica - Clarkina orientalis conodont zones (late Wuchiapingian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siltstone
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 56619: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Spinomarginifera alpha Huang 1932 | |
Transennatia gratiosa Waagen 1884 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Peltichia zigzag Huang 1933 | |
Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929 |