Wutaishan, Liangfengya, Bazhong (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (32.2° N, 107.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Top of the Loping series

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. T. Liu and X. X. Xie. 1965. The discovery of Bradyodont from Yangsin series, the Lower Permian of Liangshan, Shensi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9:280-283 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146378: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
"Petalodus shingkuoi n. sp." = Megactenopetalus kaibabanus
"Petalodus shingkuoi n. sp." = Megactenopetalus kaibabanus David 1944 chimaera