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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Biplatyconcha grandis Waterhouse 1975 | |
Taeniothaerus qubuensis Shen et al. 2003 |