Where: Myanmar (16.9° N, 97.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° S, 99.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Taungnyo Group, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• The age is well constrained as late Kungurian by the associated conodonts Vjalovognathus nicolli and Mesogondolella idahoensis.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: H. P. Xu, Kyi Pyar Aung, Y. C. Zhang, G. R. Shi, F. L. Cai, Than Zaw, L. Ding, Kyaing Sein, and S. Z. Shen. 2021. A late Cisuralian (early Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Taungnyo Group in the Zwekabin Range, eastern Myanmar and its biostratigraphic, paleobiogeographic, and tectonic implications. Journal of Paleontology 95:1158-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223092: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.11.2021

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