Erikia-type locality (Devonian of China)

Also known as Xizhanggou

Where: Yunnan, China (24.1° N, 105.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° N, 129.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pochiao Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, argillaceous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M.-M. Chang and J.-Q. Wang. 1995. A new Emsian dipnorhynchid (Dipnoi) from Guangnan, southeastern Yunnan, China. Geobios 19:233-239 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196749: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 03.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnorhynchiformes - Dipnorhynchidae
Erikia jarviki n. gen. n. sp.
Erikia jarviki n. gen. n. sp. Chang and Wang 1995 lungfish
IVPP V12135