Where: Sichuan, China (29.0° N, 99.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° S, 106.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Xuchika Formation, Serpukhovian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)
• Latest Lower Carboniferous (Lower Namurian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NIGPAS
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: W. S. Wu and Y. S. Zhang. 1979. Late Palaeozoic Rugosa corals from Batang and Yidun, western Szechuan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18:25-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150451: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Hiroshimaphyllum toriyamai Minato 1955 horn coral |