Meter 130 Early Devonian fauna from the basal Yehlan Fm, Luofo China (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (22.0° N, 108.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 126.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nowakia subtilis zone, Yehlan Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); bioturbated, yellow mudstone

Primary reference: K. Vogel, X. Han-kui, and F. Langenstrassen. 1989. Brachiopods and their relation to facies development in the lower and Middle Devonian of Nandan, Guangxi, South China. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 110:17-59 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27420: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 05.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Fauna is listed as present in Table 1.
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Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet.
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet.
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola sp.
Calceola sp. Lamarck 1799 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida -
Phacopida indet.
Phacopida indet. Salter 1864 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Gravicalymene sp.
Gravicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
Tentaculita
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolinidae indet.
Styliolinidae indet. Grabau and Shimer 1910
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea indet.
Orbiculoidea indet. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertellidae indet.
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaenopyxis sp.
Leptaenopyxis sp. Havlícek 1963
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Cymostrophia sp., Nadiastrophia sp.
Cymostrophia sp. Caster 1939
Nadiastrophia sp. Talent 1963
 Strophomenida - Dicoelostrophiidae
Dicoelostrophia sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida -
Atrypacea indet.
Atrypacea indet. Gill 1871
 Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
Punctatrypa sp.
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoeliidae indet.
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
"Glyptospirifer sp." = Howittia
"Glyptospirifer sp." = Howittia
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elita sp.
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Acrospirifer sp.
Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtinidae indet.
Cyrtinidae indet. Fredericks 1912
 Orthida -
Orthida indet.
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Eosophragmophora sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Athyridida -
Athyridacea indet.
Athyridacea indet. M'Coy 1884
 Rhynchonellida -
"Rhynchonellacea indet." = Rhynchonelloidea
"Rhynchonellacea indet." = Rhynchonelloidea d'Orbigny 1847
Craniata
 Craniida -
Craniacea indet.
Craniacea indet. Menke 1828
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet.
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Ascodictyidae
Eliasopora sp., Ascodictyon sp.
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea sp.
Nuculoidea sp. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Pterochaenia sp.
Pterochaenia sp. Clarke 1904 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp.
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855