Mujiucuo section, bed 60, Xainza (Permian of China)

Where: Xizang, China (30.9° N, 89.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° S, 82.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yunzhug Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Upper part of the Yunzhug Formation. "Given that all of the species have been recorded in the Sakmarian, a Sakmarian age would be more appropriate and precise for these two brachiopod faunas"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, pebbly sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: H. Xu, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, F. Qiao, and S. Shen. 2024. Lower Cisuralian brachiopod faunas from the Lhasa and South Qiangtang blocks in Tibet and their biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical implications. Palaeoworld 33:679-705more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235549: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Terebratuloidea sp. Waagen 1883
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Costatumulus "sp. A" Waterhouse 1983
Costatumulus "sp. B" Waterhouse 1983