H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, just above alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley (Permian of Malaysia)

Where: Perak, Malaysia (4.3° N, 101.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° S, 113.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Misellina claudiae foram zone, H. S. Lee Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Fossils collected from the horizon just above the alatoconchid zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• fossiliferous limestone beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Ishii

• Given to Kyoto University Museum in 1970.

Primary reference: K. Nakazawa. 2002. Permian bivalves from the H. S. Lee Formation, Malaysia. Paleontological Research 6(1):67-72 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51562: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 08.06.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Prospondylus chintongia n. sp. Yancey 1985 scallop
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites ishii n. sp. Nakazawa 2002 clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodon (Megalodon) yanceyi n. sp. Nakazawa 2002 clam