Muhua Section (Carboniferous of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.8° N, 106.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° S, 102.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Muhua Formation, Hastarian (358.9 - 353.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, black, gray, argillaceous limestone

• Dark grey to black medium to thick bedded argillaceous limestone intercalated with thin bedded argillaceous limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

Primary reference: J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang. 1998. Trilobite fauna at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in South China (S-Guizhou and N-Guangxi). 8:1-281 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218943: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus purus conodont
Polygnathus purus purus
Polygnathus sublanus conodont
Polygnathus purus sublanus