Tarim Basin, Xiaohaizi Section, Xiaohaizi Formation (Carboniferous of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (39.5° N, 78.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 61.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Xiaohaizi Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Choristites abnormalis Zone (Early Moscovian).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• No information given.

Collection methods: Paleontological data after Chen and Shi (2002).

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 50250: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 11.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Choristites breviculus, Choristites planus, Choristites latiangulatus, Choristites mosquensis
Choristites mosquensis Fischer 1825
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes granulifera