Where: Xinjiang, China (37.8° N, 76.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 66.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Keziliqiman Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.5 Ma)

• Orbicoelia magna (=Ao) brachiopod zone; sample AET439

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi. 2006. Artinskian-Kungurian (Early Permian) brachiopod faunas from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China, Part 1: Biostratigraphy and systematics of Productida. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 274(3-6):113-177 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62824: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2006