ammonites
Shaiwa, Member 3, Beds 47-48 (Permian of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.6° N, 106.2° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 96.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Shaiwa Formation), Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siltstone and lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen, G. R. Shi, Y. Q. Gao, J. N. Tong, F. Q. Yang and Y. Q. Peng. 2009. A late Changhsingian (latest Permian) deep-water brachiopod fauna from Guizhou, South China. Alcheringa 33:163-183 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105170: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2011

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