Where: Xizang, China (34.3° N, 80.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 74.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zhanjin 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 slate

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 235550: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2024

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