Banzhuyuan Section, Nantong County (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 106.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 94.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Xu and R. E. Grant. 1994. Brachiopods near the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 76:1-68 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94953: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia orbicostata n. sp. Xu and Grant 1994
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigerella ovaloides n. sp." = Tarimathyris ovaloides3
"Spirigerella ovaloides n. sp." = Tarimathyris ovaloides3 Xu and Grant 1994
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Prelissorhynchia xui n. sp.2 Chen and Shi 1999
Prelissorhynchia triplicatioid Xu and Grant 1994
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Paryphella sulcatifera" = Paryphella sinuata1
"Paryphella sulcatifera" = Paryphella sinuata1 Zhan 1979