Where: Xinjiang, China (41.0° N, 84.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 77.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kalatar Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kalatar Fm, which overlies the upper member of the Qimugen Fm (Late Paleocene-Early Eocene) and is overlain by the Wulagen Fm (late Middle Eocene). AGE: lower Middle Eocene. Justification not stated, but presumably through macrofossil and microfossil biostratigraphy. Pollen present. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed within upper part of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, ooidal, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably X. Lan and J. M. Wei (1980's). REPOSITORY: Probably Nanjing Inst. of Geol. and Pal., Academia Sinica.

Primary reference: X. Lan. 1997. Paleogene bivalve communities in the western Tarim Basin and thei paleoenvironmental implications. Palaeoworld 7:137-157 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77855: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.01.2008

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