Also known as Z

Where: Xinjiang, China (46.6° N, 86.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 62.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hongguleleng Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Colection 6-10m above a sandstone bed which is interpeted as the base of the Hongguleleng Fomation

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)

Primary reference: J. A. Waters, C. G. Maples, N. G. Lane, S. Marcus, Liao Zhou-Ting, Liu Lujun, Hou Hong-Fei and Wang Jin-Xing. 2003. A quadrupling of Famennian pelmatozoan diversity: new Late Devonian blastoids and crinoids from northwest China. Journal of Paleontology 77(5):922-948 [J. Alroy/D. Mathieson/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124044: authorized by John Alroy, entered by David Mathieson on 06.02.2012

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