Also known as Reef 3295

Where: Xinjiang, China (39.8° N, 77.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 67.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eoparafusulina contractus foram zone, Piqiang Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Presumably ranging through the whole Sakmarian. PJW: given as Eoparafusulina contractus zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone and lithified framestone

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35513: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.12.2003

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