Where: Xinjiang, China (39.8° N, 77.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 67.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piqiang Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Good taxonomic data only on brachiopods. Prevailing sponges not studied

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen. 2004. Lower Permian reef-dwelling brachiopod faunas from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and biogeography. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272(1-4):1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105229: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2011

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