Where: Xinjiang, China (37.0° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 63.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tahaqi Formation, Kasimovian to Kasimovian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)

• Linoproductus cora Zone. The described units have a thickness of approx. 10m.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous limestone

Collection methods: Paleontological data after Zhao et al. 1984.

Primary reference: Z.-Q. Chen. 2004. Devonian-Carboniferous brachiopod zonation in the Tarim Basin, northwest China: implications for biostratigraphy and biogeography. Geological Journal 39:431-458 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50238: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 11.05.2005

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