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 (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)
• Unit 18 of section, Midian in age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal 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 127853: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Langella perforata Sellier de Civrieux and Dessauvagie 1965 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Schwagerina pseudocompacta Sheng 1956
Chusenella sinensis Sheng 1963 | |
Nankinella quasihunanensis Sheng 1963
Nankinella xainzaensis Zhu 1982 | |
Pachyphloia ovata Lange 1925 |