Where: Fujian, China (24.8° N, 117.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 105.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tongziyan Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: R. S. Taylor, Y. B. Shen, and F. R. Schram. 1998. New pygocephalomorph crustaceans from the Permian of China and their phylogenetic relationships. Palaeontology 41(5):815-834 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96861: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Fujianocaris bifurcatus n. gen. n. sp., Tylocaris asiaticus n. gen. n. sp.
Fujianocaris bifurcatus n. gen. n. sp. Taylor et al. 1998
Tylocaris asiaticus n. gen. n. sp. Taylor et al. 1998 |