Meishan Bed 36, Layer 7 (Triassic of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 101.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yinkeng Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen, G. R. Shi, and K. Kaiho. 2002. A new genus of rhynchonellid brachiopod from the Lower Triassic of south China and implications for timing the recovery of Brachiopoda after the end-permian mass extinction. Palaeontology 45(1):149-164 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105116: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Meishanorhynchia meishanensis n. gen. Chen and Shi 2002