Lali, Bed 57 (Devonian of China)

Also known as Bed 57 of Wuzhishan Fm, Lali, S. China, Famennian

Where: Guangxi, China (24.5° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 108.8° E)

When: upper Palmatolepis crepida conodont zone, Wuzhishan Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)

• latest crepida

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; gray limestone

• "about 1.7m thick, grey to light grey medium bedded nodular limestones"

Size class: mesofossils

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 12758: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 03.12.2001

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Taxonomic list

• Taxa are listed as present in text.
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis subperlobata conodont
Palmatolepis subperlobata morphotype 2
Palmatolepis quadrantinodosalobata conodont
Palmatolepis quadrantinodosalobata morphotype 1
Palmatolepis minuta Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Palmatolepis minuta loba morphotype 1
Palmatolepis minuta Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Palmatolepis minuta minuta morphotype 2
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra prima
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra pectinata
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra lepta
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra acuta
Palmatolepis glabra Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Palmatolepis glabra glabra