Liziya section, Maokou bed 8 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.2° N, 106.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 14.2° S, 109.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daozuanyan Member (Maokou Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• No biostratigraphic available, so subdivisions are approximate

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou (possibly now at NIGPAS)

Primary reference: Y. Zeng, X. L. He, and M. L. Zhu. 1995. Permian Brachiopods and Community Succession in the Huayin Mountains, Sichuan 1-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia" sp. Gemmellaro 1899
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigerella obesa" = Juxathyris obesa, Araxathyris sp., Spirigerella sp., "Composita subtriangularis" = Spirigerella subtriangularis
"Spirigerella obesa" = Juxathyris obesa Huang 1933
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
Spirigerella sp. Waagen 1883
"Composita subtriangularis" = Spirigerella subtriangularis Reed 1927
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Productidae
"Tyloplecta crassiplicata" = Tyloplecta costiferinoides Feng 1978
Tyloplecta minisulcata Zeng et al. 1995
 Productida - Productellidae
Ogbinia dzhagrensis Sarycheva 1965