Where: Yunnan, China (25.8° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 94.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kayitou Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• 2.2 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: All specimens are kept in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: Z. Q. Yao, J. T. Xu, Z. G. Zheng, X. H. Zhao, and Z. G. Mou. 1980. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 1-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63512: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 15.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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