Beimenyan, Longtan Fm, Chengguan, Zhijin County (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (26.7° N, 105.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 96.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Feng and Z. L. Jiang. 1978. Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Southwest China, Guizhou Volume 2:231-305 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95176: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis
"Squamularia grandis" = Permophricodothyris grandis Chao 1929
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Juxathyris sp. Liang 1990
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis, "Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana
"Waagenites soochowensis" = Fusichonetes soochowensis Chao 1928
"Waagenites wongiana" = Fusichonetes wongiana Chao 1928
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae