Nanbiancun (Bed 53) [Rongxian Fm] (Devonian of China)

Where: China (25.3° N, 110.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° S, 100.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Siphonodella praesulcata conodont zone, Rongxian Formation, Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rongxian Fm (Givetian-Tournaisian), which overlies the Tangjiawan Fm (Givetian) AGE: Devonian, late Famennian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 53, not far below the Devonian side of -Devonian-Carboniferousboundary.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coquina limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: D. Chen. 2010. Devonian-Carboniferous Carbonates around Guilin, South China: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. 2010 IGCP – 580 Meeting November 28-December 4 Guilin, South China: Applications of Magnetic Susceptibility on Paleozoic Rocks 1-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162316: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macro fossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus inornatus, Siphonodella praesulcata, Bispathodus spinulicostatus