Xihushan, Longyan County (Permian of China)

Where: Fujian, China (25.1° N, 117.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 104.6° 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, gray mudstone

• Dark gray mudstone

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 96862: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia orbicularis Gemmellaro 1899
Malacostraca
 Eumalacostraca - Tylocarididae
Fujianocaris bifurcatus n. gen. Taylor et al. 1998