Karatag section, Gancaohu area, Bed 1-2 (Carboniferous of China)

Also known as Karatag section, Gancaohu area, Bed 1-2, upper most beds

Where: Xinjiang, China (41.8° N, 86.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 52.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gancaohu Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• This formation has fault contacts with devonian and Jurassic sediments

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous limestone and lithified, coarse-grained sandstone

• Lithologically, the Gancaohu Formation consits of lower light grey massive limestones intercalated with coarse sandstones and argillaceous siltstones.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Chen and N. W. Archibold. 2000. Tournaisian-Visean brachiopods from the Gancaohu area of southern Tienshan Mountains, Xinjiang, NW China. Géobios 33(2):183-199 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41754: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Carl Simpson on 20.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Actinoconchus planosulcatus
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris karatagensis n. sp.
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Ferganoproductus cf. ferganensis