Where: Xinjiang, China (37.0° N, 77.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 67.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qipan Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi. 2000. A new tribe of Dictyoclostid brachiopods from the Lower Permian of the Tarim Basin, North-West China. Palaeontology 43:325-342 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51486: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 06.06.2005

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