Bed 26 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 2.6m thick, grey to dark grey medium bedded micritic limestones"

Collection methods: Conodonts 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 13018: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina sp." = Oulodus
"Ligonodina sp." = Oulodus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Bryantodus sp. conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus symmetricus Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus webbi Stauffer 1938 conodont
Polygnathus normalis Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont
"Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae