Gangtangcuo section (Permian of China)

Where: Xizang, China (33.1° N, 86.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° S, 77.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qudi Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Slumped limestone bodies in turbidites

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Y. C. Zhang, S. Z. Shen, G. R. Shi, Y. Wang, D. X. Yuan and Y. J. Zhang. 2012. Tectonic evolution of the Qiangtang Block, northern Tibet during the Late Cisuralian (Late Early Permian): Evidence from fusuline fossil records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 350-352:139-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
"Pseudofusulina krafftiformis" = Leeina krafftiformis, Pseudofusulina atetsensis, Chalaroschwagerina solita, "Pseudofusulina tumidiscula" = Neodutkevitchia tumidiscula
"Pseudofusulina krafftiformis" = Leeina krafftiformis Leven 1967
Pseudofusulina norikurensis krafftiformis
Chalaroschwagerina solita Skinner and Wilde 1966
"Pseudofusulina tumidiscula" = Neodutkevitchia tumidiscula Leven 1993