Bed 27 of Laoyefen Fm, Lali, S. China, Frasnian (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.5° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 113.9° E)

When: punctata zone, Laoyefen Formation, Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; gray lime mudstone

• "about 2.1m thick, grey to dark grey medium bedded micritic limestones"

Collection methods: Conodonts are listed as present in text, while corals and Brachiopods are listed as rare.

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 13011: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 15.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Peneckiella sp.
Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus sp.
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus symmetricus
Icriodus symmetricus Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus procerus, Polygnathus pacificus, Polygnathus aspelundi
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis punctata
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp.
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont