A late Permian brachopod fauna from Selong, southern Xizang (Tibet), China

A brachiopod fauna from the middle part of the Selong Formation of the Selong Xishan (West Hills) section, southern Tibet is described and includes Taeniothaerus sp., Chonetella nasuta Waagen, Lamnimargus himalayensis (Diener), ?Lamnimargus sp., ?Echinauris sp., Cleiothyridina sp., Posicomata grunti sp. nov., Spiriferella rajah (Salter), Neospirifer kubeiensis Ting, Trigonotreta sp., and Spiriferinacean gen. et sp. indet. This fauna is correlated with the Lamnimargus himalayensis Zone of the Himalayas. The age of the Lamnimargus himalayensis Zone is discussed and considered to be Midian to Early Dzhulfian (Late Permian).