Lila section, Lalei Formation, early Pragian (Devonian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (22.7° N, 99.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 137.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus falcarius graptolite zone, Lalei Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• Early Pragian

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; black shale

• black shales

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: Y.-D. Zhang and A. C. Lenz. 1998. Early Devonian graptolites of Southwest Yunnan, China. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):353-360 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145557: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus falcarius graptolite
abundant specimens
Monograptus hercynicus graptolite
rare specimens