Where: Xizang, China (30.9° N, 89.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 69.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xiala Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Unit 15 of section, Midian in age

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• Repository: College of Earth Science, Jilin University, China

Primary reference: Y. C. Zhang, L. R. Cheng, and S. Z. Shen. 2010. Late Guadalupian (Middle Permian) fusuline fauna from the Xiala Formation in Xainza County, central Tibet: implication for the rifting time of the Lhasa block. Journal of Paleontology 84:955-973 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127851: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.05.2012

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