Meter 1830 Early Devonian fauna from the middle Tangxiang Fm, Luofo China: Emsian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacopidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Tuberella tangxiangensis n. gen., n. sp. Vogel et al. 1989
recombined as Anopliella tangxiangensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Perichonetes mirabilis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Nabarredia intermedia
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Chonetacea indet. Bronn 1862
replaced by Chonetoidea
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta (Plectodonta) heterosinus n. sp.
Plectodonta (Plectodonta) sanglangensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
? Dalejina minor
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Prokopia pygmaea
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina aspera
Dalmanellopsis sp.
Muriferella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticulariopsis luofuensis n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Echinocoelia similior n. sp.
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Septatrypa minor n. sp.
Septatrypa elliptica
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Glassiidae
Cryptatrypa curvirostris
synonym of Glassia
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Holynatrypa sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtinidae indet. Fredericks 1912
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Anarcestidae indet. Steinmann 1890
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Pterochaenia sp. Clarke 1904
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi County:Tangxiang
Coordinates: 22.0° North, 108.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.7° North, 126.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian
Key time interval:Emsian Zone: Nowakia holynensis
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tangxiang Local bed:1830
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination mudstone
Lithology description: "nearly pure shales containing no carbonate...unweathered sediment is a calcareous clay...finely laminated"
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,species names
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Fauna is listed as present in Table 1.
Metadata
Database number:27504
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-12-07 13:41:10 Last modified:2002-12-07 15:41:15
Access level:the public Released:2002-12-07 13:41:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7506. 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]