Where: Guizhou, China (25.5° N, 104.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 94.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Four stratigraphic sections measured from an area ~ 1 km2: Chupiwa South (N 25°31'46", E 104°53'48"); River Northwest (N 25°31'43, E 104°54'33"); Dry Well (N 25°31'25", E 104°53'55"); and Hill South (N 25°31'08", E 104°54'20")
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical,
• Square-meter sections were removed from the cliffs and broken down by hand.
Primary reference: R. Motani, D.-Y. Jiang, A. Tintori, Y.-L. Sun, W.-C. Hao, A. Boyd, S. Hinic-Frlog, L. Schmitz, J.-Y. Shin and Z.-Y. Sun. 2008. Horizons and assemblages of Middle Triassic marine reptiles from Panxian. Guizhou, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):900-903 [M. Carrano/H. Street] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100299: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 07.12.2010