Where: Hunan, China (29.4° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 97.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 2 Member (Xiamidong Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, intraclastic, gray framestone and lithified rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. Xu and R. E. Grant. 1996. Reef-dwelling brachiopods from the late Permian of the central Yangtze river area, China. in: Copper, P. and Jin, J., eds., "Brachiopods" 305-311 [W. Kiessling/M. Apel/M. Apel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31421: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 13.05.2003

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