Xiaoxinzhai Section, Bed 3 (Permian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (23.6° N, 99.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 90.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yongde Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen, G. R. Shi, and Z. Fang. 2002. Permian brachiopods from the Baoshan and Simao Blocks in Western Yunnan, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 20:665-682 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62455: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Costatumulus minor Shen et al. 2002
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina aduncata Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970