Where: Chongqing, China (30.3° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 93.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• 7.09 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. Z. Yang and L. H. Lu. 1980. Upper Permian bryozoans from eastern Sichuan and western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19:461-474 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121016: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Waagenophyllum irregulare Wu and Zhao 1983 horn coral | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Enteletes zigzag" = Peltichia zigzag
"Enteletes zigzag" = Peltichia zigzag Huang 1933 | |
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten spp. M'Coy 1851 scallop |