Where: Sichuan, China (28.0° N, 104.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 93.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Samples from this section represent the Permian-Triassic boundary (JJB1 - 8), earliest Triassic (JJB9) and Claraia assemblage (late Griesbachian; JJB10 - 12)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (BGEG), Wuhan, China

Primary reference: T. Song, J. Tong, L. Tian, D. Chu, and Y. Huang. 2018. Taxonomic and ecological variations of Permian-Triassic transitional bivalve communities from the littoral clastic facies in southwestern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 519:108-123 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205983: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 28.10.2019

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