Where: Guizhou, China (25.8° N, 106.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 97.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• lower part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified bafflestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. W. Shen and H. L. Xu. 2005. Microbial carbonates as contributors to Upper Permian (Guadalupian-Lopingian) biostromes and reefs in carbonate platform setting, Ziyun County, south China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 218:217-238 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75027: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.09.2007

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