Also known as Mingyuexia Gorge
Where: Sichuan, China (32.6° N, 105.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 92.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mudstone unit (M1) Member (Maokou Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: recrystallized, original calcite, original chitin
Collected by Zazzali, S.
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, acetic,
Primary reference: S. Zazzali, S. Crasquin, J.-F. Deconinck and Q. Feng. 2015. Biodiversity across the Guadalupian-Lopingian Boundary: first results on the ostracod (Crustacea) fauna, Chaotian section (Sichuan Province, South China). Geodiversitas 37(3):283-313 [J. Bardin/J. Bardin]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189479: authorized by Jérémie Bardin, entered by Jérémie Bardin on 20.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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