Where: Xizang, China (28.3° N, 87.0° E: paleocoordinates 55.5° S, 63.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qubuerga Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• this middle part of the Qubuerga Formation is essentially Wuchiapingian but may be in part early Changhsingian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S.-Z. Shen, G. R. Shi, and N. W. Archbold. 2003. Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from the Qubuerga Formation at the Qubu section in the Mt. Qomolangma region, southern Tibet (Xizang), China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 268(1-3):49-101 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60588: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.05.2006

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