Also known as Chaotian
Where: Sichuan, China (32.6° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 92.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wujiaping Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Based on the section described by von Richthofen, this 12-foot thick bed is the basal part of the Wujiaping Formation above the Wangpo bed.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen in 1872; reposited in the MfN
Primary reference: F. Frech. 1911. Untere Neodyas (früher Carbon) von Tshau-Tiën (im Ta-Pa-Shan-Profil), Provinz Sz'-Tshwan. In F. von Richthofen (ed.), China: Ergebnisse Eigener Reisen und Darauf Gegründeter Studien 5:138-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138569: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer (Reticularia) waageni" = Permophricodothyris waageni
"Spirifer (Reticularia) waageni" = Permophricodothyris waageni Loczy 1899 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productus (Marginifera) ? ovalis" = Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis
"Productus (Marginifera) ? ovalis" = Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis Waagen 1884 |