Where: Qinghai, China (35.4° N, 90.7° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 69.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hantaishan Group, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Lower part of limestone member. Coexistence of Neospathodus waageni, N. timorensis, and N. jubata suggest Spathian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1989, 1990

• Collected by the Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Hoh Xil region. Pre-expedition in May 1989, main expedition in May-August 1990.

Primary reference: X. G. Zhu. 1995. Palaeontology - Gastropods. In J.G. Sha (ed.), Palaeontology of the Hoh Xil Region, Qinghai 69-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122299: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.12.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

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