Where: China (39.8° N, 77.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 67.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piqiang Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, oncoidal, shelly/skeletal grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Good taxonomic data only on brachiopods. Prevailing sponges not studied

Primary reference: Z.-Q. Chen, G. R. Shi, and W.-R. Yang. 2003. Internal Structure and Paleoecology of the Lower Permian Uzunbulak Reef Complex of the Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Facies 49:119-134 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35512: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.12.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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