Meter 2710 Middle Devonian fauna from the middle Tangxiang Fm, Luofo China (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (22.5° N, 108.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nowakia sulcata zone, Tangxiang Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (); mudstone

• "nearly pure shales containing no carbonate...unweathered sediment is a calcareous clay...finely laminated"

Primary reference: K. Vogel, X. Han-kui, and F. Langenstrassen. 1989. Brachiopods and their relation to facies development in the lower and Middle Devonian of Nandan, Guangxi, South China. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 110:17-59 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27558: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Fauna is listed as present in Table 1.
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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Trilobita
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Cyphaspides sp.
Cyphaspides sp. Novak 1890 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp.
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Glassiidae
"Cryptatrypa sp." = Glassia
"Cryptatrypa sp." = Glassia Davidson 1881
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticulariopsis sp.
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia sulcata
Nowakia sulcata Roemer 1843
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolinidae indet.
Styliolinidae indet. Grabau and Shimer 1910
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Pterochaenia sp.
Pterochaenia sp. Clarke 1904 clam
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
 Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Anarcestidae indet.
Anarcestidae indet. Steinmann 1890 ammonite