H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar (Permian of Malaysia)

Where: Parak, Malaysia (4.3° N, 101.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° S, 113.6° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Misellina claudiae foram zone, H.S. Lee Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Misellina claudiae zone thought to be of Kungurian age (Jin et al., 1997). (Was Artinskian)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: R. D. Hoare. 2000. New Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from Malaysia. Jounral of Paleontology 74(4):571-574 [D. Erwin/D. Erwin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8524: authorized by Doug Erwin, entered by Doug Erwin on 26.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Hadrochiton pileus n. gen. n. sp.
Hadrochiton pileus n. gen. n. sp. Hoare 2000 chiton
 Neoloricata -
Pyknochiton lunatus n. gen. n. sp.
Pyknochiton lunatus n. gen. n. sp. Hoare 2000 chiton
 Neoloricata - Acutichitonidae
Kraterochiton magnificus n. gen. n. sp.
Kraterochiton magnificus n. gen. n. sp. Hoare 2000 chiton