Bed 86 of Wuzhishan Fm, Lali, S. China, Famennian (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.5° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 105.7° E)

When: latest marginifera zone, Wuzhishan Formation, Middle Famennian (370.6 - 364.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; dolomitic, gray limestone

• "about 1.0m thick, grey to light grey medium bedded dolomitic limestones"

Primary reference: Q. Ji and W. Ziegler. 1993. The Lali Section: An Excellent Reference Section for Upper Devonian in South China. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 157:1-182 [A. Miller/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12729: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 28.11.2001

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Taxonomic list

• Taxa are listed as present in text.
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis gracilis conodont
Palmatolepis gracilis gracilis
Palmatolepis perlobata conodont
Palmatolepis perlobata schindewolfi
Palmatolepis minuta Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Palmatolepis minuta minuta
Palmatolepis minuta Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Palmatolepis minuta schleizia
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra distorta
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra lepta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae