Gao'an County, Loping Formation (Permian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (28.4° N, 115.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 101.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Q. Z. Zhang, T. Y. Ju, and T. R. Lin. 1982. Trilobita. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:326-329 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102110: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus gaoanensis n. sp. Zhang 1982 trilobite