Xiala, Xainza County (Permian of China)

Where: Xizang, China (31.1° N, 88.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 70.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xiala Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: X. L. Liu and S. B. Wang. 1987. Late Carboniferous and Early Permian bryozoans from Xainza, northern Xizang (Tibet). Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 18:1-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112647: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliramus elevatus n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
Fistuliramus xainzaensis n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
Fistulipora xialaensis n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
Fistulipora enodata Gorjunova 1970
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Rhombotrypella boulangei Termier and Termier 1971
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Coscinotrypa horrida n. sp. Liu 1987
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Ramipora robusta n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
Goniocladia yongzhuensis n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Pamirella nitida Gorjunova 1975
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Ascopora magna Sakagami 1968
Ascopora corpulenta n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora prava n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
Polypora striata Sakagami 1980
Reteporidra priceosa n. sp. Liu and Wang 1987
Protoretepora mutabilis Yang et al. 1979
"Polypora substrita" = Parapolypora substrita Gorjunova 1975
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella cf. donensis" = Rectifenestella donensis, "Fenestella paratuberculifera" = Minilya paratuberculifera, Fenestella vadosa
"Fenestella cf. donensis" = Rectifenestella donensis Morozova 1955
"Fenestella paratuberculifera" = Minilya paratuberculifera Yang and Lu 1962
Fenestella vadosa Gorjunova 1975