Bed 16 of Laoyefen Fm, Lali, S. China, Givetian (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.5° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 116.7° E)

When: early falsiovalis zone, Laoyefen Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; dolomitic, gray limestone

• "about 2.7m thick, grey to light grey medium bedded dolomitic 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 13158: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 24.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus symmetricus Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus paradecorosus n. sp. conodont
"Polygnathus dubius" = Polygnathus dubia Hinde 1879 conodont
"Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938 conodont
Polygnathus webbi Stauffer 1938 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont