Where: Nei Mongol, China (44.5° N, 117.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 99.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Xiujimqinqi Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Spiriferella-Yakovlevia Assemblage, lower portion of the middle part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Nei Mongol in 1950-1970

• Specimens housed in the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Primary reference: G. R. Shi, S. Shen, and J.-I. Tazawa. 2002. Middle Permian (Guadalupian) brachiopods from the Xiujimqinqi area, Inner Mongolia, northeast China, and their palaeobiogeographical and palaeogeographical significance. Paleontological Research 6(3):285-297 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52085: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 20.07.2005

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