Penglaitan Section, Bed 140 (Permian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (23.7° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 99.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dalong Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, tuffaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S.Z. Shen; reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi. 2007. Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from South China. Part 1. Orthotetida, Orthida and Rhynchonellida. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 6:1-102 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138527: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Anchorhynchia sarciniformis Shen et al. 1992