Where: Xizang, China (28.7° N, 85.8° E: paleocoordinates 54.5° S, 62.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Selong Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Bed 5 in total is 8.50 m thick; Chonetella nasuta assemblage
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S.Z. Shen in 1996,1998
Primary reference: S. Z. Shen, N. W. Archbold, G. R. Shi and Z. Q. Chen. 2000. Permian brachiopods from the Selong Xishan Section, Xizang (Tibet), China. Part 1: Stratigraphy, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida. Geobios 33(6):725-752 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73594: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Paraspiriferina sp. Reed 1944 | |
Spiriferella rajah Salter 1865 | |
Strophomenata | |
Retimarginifera xizangensis Shen et al. 2000 | |
Costatumulus tazawai n. sp.
Costatumulus tazawai n. sp. Shen et al. 2000 | |
Neochonetes (Sommeriella) regularis Shen et al. 2000 |