Tuoba, Qamdo County (Tuoba Fm): Wuchiapingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Waagenites convexa Yang and Fang 1964
recombined as Tethyochonetes convexa
F153 (2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Tyloplecta crassica Jin and Sun 1981
ft75210 (1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida
Spinomarginifera lopingensis (Kayser 1883)
ft7051, F121
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia superba n. sp. Jin and Sun 1981
f121 (1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Semibrachythyrina mahaensis (Huang 1933)
recombined as Alphaneospirifer mahaensis
f103 (1 measurement)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea tobaensis n. sp. Jin and Sun 1981
ft7440, ft7441 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xizang
Coordinates: 31.3° North, 97.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.0° South, 78.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:Tuoba
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:110087
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-01 13:15:22 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-01 13:15:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27633. Y.G. Jin and D. L. Sun. 1981. Paleozoic brachiopods from Xizang (Tibet). Paleontology of Xizang, Book III, The Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 127-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

42700 Y. G. Jin, Y. Wang, D. L. Sun and Q. Shi. 1985. Late Paleozoic and Triassic brachiopods from the east of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Western Sichuan and Eastern Xizang 182-249 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]