Where: Xinjiang, China (37.1° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 66.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Keziliqiman Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Hystriculina sinica (=Ah) brachiopod zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi. 2006. Artinskian-Kungurian (Early Permian) brachiopod faunas from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China, Part 1: Biostratigraphy and systematics of Productida. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 274(3-6):113-177 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62704: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.07.2006

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