Liujing Village, Section 1, Loc. 12 (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (22.4° N, 107.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 126.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mahuangling Member (Nagaoling Formation), Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• 20 m thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, gray siltstone

• Grayish-black mudstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zhang and J., J.r. Pojeta. 1986. Devonian sections in Guangxi from which pelecypods were collected. Devonian rocks and Lower and Middle pelecypods of Guangxi, China and the Traverse Group of Michigan. United States Geological Survery Professional Paper 1394(E):33-43 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3999: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus sp. Hall 1884 clam
 Cardiida -
? Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
originally entered as "? Cypricardella sp."
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) venusta oyster
subgn. (Leptodesma)
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae