Where: Zhejiang, China (31.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 101.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Meishan Member (Changxing Formation), Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• Unlike lower beds (22 and below), samples are numbered in ascending order

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified lime mudstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin, M. B. Forel, Q. L. Feng, A. H. Yuan, F. Baudin and P. Y. Collin. 2010. Ostracods (Crustacea) through the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China: the Meishan stratotype (Zhejiang Province). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(3):331-370 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97925: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2010

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