Wutaishan, Liangfengya, Bazhong: Wuchiapingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Petalodus shingkuoi n. sp. Young 1950
synonym of Megactenopetalus kaibabanus
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 107.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° North, 93.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval:259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Top of the Loping series
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:146378
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-06-23 12:02:01 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-06-23 12:02:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47293. 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]