Where: Hunan, China (27.8° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 109.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qiziqiao Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• bed is about 0.5m thick, contains fossils throughout

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone

Collection methods: Illustrated specimens are housed in the Department of Geology, Peking University in Beijing (abbreviated PUM).

Primary reference: X.-P. Ma, Y.-L. Sun, W.-C. Hao and W.-H. Liao. 2002. Rugose corals and brachiopods across the Frasnian-Famennian boundary in central Hunan, South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(2):373-396 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40946: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 04.07.2004

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