Shengmi, Mount Qomolangma region: Wuchiapingian, China
collected by S.Z. Shen 1997

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Himathyris sp. Waterhouse 1985
1 individual
1 conjoined specimen (1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Pondospirifer cf. magnificus Waterhouse 1978
2 individuals
2 ventral valves (2 measurements)
? Costatispirifer sp. Archbold and Thomas 1985
2 individuals
2 ventral valves (1 measurement)
Fusispirifer sp. Waterhouse 1966
2 individuals
2 ventral valves, 2 dorsal valves (3 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes (Sommeriella) strophomenoides (Waagen 1884)
8 individuals
8 ventral valves, 1 dorsal valve (6 measurements)
Quinquenella semiglobosa n. sp. Shen et al. 2001
8 individuals
7 ventral valves, 8 dorsal valves (15 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
? Waagenoconcha sp.
1 individual
1 conjoined specimen
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Costatumulus sp. Waterhouse 1983
1 individual
1 ventral valve (1 measurement)
Costatumulus shengmiensis n. sp. Shen et al. 2001
3 individuals
3 ventral valves, 2 dorsal valves (5 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Biplatyconcha grandis (Waterhouse 1975)
2 individuals
2 ventral valves, 2 dorsal valves (4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Taeniothaerus sp. (Whitehouse 1928)
2 individuals
2 dorsal valves (2 measurements)
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Roadoceras xizangense (Liang 1977)
Shen et al. 2004 2 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xizang
Coordinates: 28.4° North, 87.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.5° South, 64.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval:259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qubuerga Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Most likely of Wuchiapingian age, based on tentative brachiopod correlations, position immediately above Wuchiapingian flora in the underlying Qubu Formation, and position 200-300 m below late Changhsingian conodont Clarkina changxingensis. Lower member is 118.3 m thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: Lower member is composed of muddy siltstone, and shale, and minor brown sandstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:S.Z. Shen Collection dates:1997
Metadata
Database number:42454
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-29 17:05:24 Last modified:2013-08-31 13:44:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-29 17:05:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11296. S.-Z. Shen, N.W. Archbold, and G.R. Shi. 2001. A Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Qubuerga Formation at Shengmi in the Mount Qomolangma Region of southern Xizang (Tibet), China. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):274-283 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

33682 S. Z. Shen, L. Mu, and Y. D. Zakharov. 2004. Roadoceras (Permian Ammonoidea) from the Qubuerga Formation in the Mt Everest area in southern Tibet. Gondwana Research 7:863-869 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]