CH 24. Xiakou Section T (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (26.2° N, 111.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 99.5° E)

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, medium-grained, gray grainstone

• grey, light grey medium to thick bedded grainstone and breccia limestone at the top, rich in conodonts together with sporadic crinoids, corals, bryozoans, foraminifera, calcispheres, ostracods, brachiopods and trilobites.

Size class: macrofossils

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 234700: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Mirabole (Mirabole) xiakouensis" = Mirabole (Mirabole) crassa xiakouensis
"Mirabole (Mirabole) xiakouensis" = Mirabole (Mirabole) crassa xiakouensis Yuan and Xiang 1998 trilobite
Mirabole (Mirabole) crassa xiakouensis
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Richteraspis cathayensis Yuan and Xiang 1998 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
? Waribole (Latibole) yishanensis Yuan and Xiang 1998 trilobite
Parangustibole sinensis Yuan and Xiang 1998 trilobite
Yishanaspis xiakouensis Yuan and Xiang 1998 trilobite