Bed 44 of Xiangtian Fm, Lali, S. China, Frasnian (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.5° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° S, 111.9° E)

When: linguiformis zone, Xiangtian Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; gray lime mudstone

• "about 1.7m thick, grey to dark grey medium bedded micritic limestones with well developed suture lines"

Collection methods: Taxa are listed as present in text.

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 12953: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis rhenana conodont
Palmatolepis rhenana nasuta
Palmatolepis sp. Müller 1956 conodont
Palmatolepis subrecta Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus tenellus n. sp. conodont
Polygnathus micrificus n. sp. conodont
Polygnathus webbi Stauffer 1938 conodont