Where: Fujian, China (24.9° N, 116.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 104.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dalong Formation, Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black, cherty/siliceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. Wang, Q. Liu, Y. Jin, S. Hu, W. Liang and Z. Liao. 1982. Phylum Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:186-256 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51430: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 04.06.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham