Karatag section, Gancaohu area, Bed 6 (Carboniferous of China)

Also known as Karatag section, Gancaohu area, Bed 6, limestones

Where: Xinjiang, China (41.7° N, 86.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° S, 55.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gancaohu Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• This formation has fault contacts with devonian and Jurassic sediments

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone

• 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 41759: 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
Cleiothyridina submabranacea
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Acuminothyris keokuk
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Parallelora marionensis, "Spirifer cf. grimesi" = Mesochorispira grimesi
"Spirifer cf. grimesi" = Mesochorispira grimesi Hall 1858
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia prolata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Overtoniini indet., Keokukia rotunda, Geniculifera brevicula
Overtoniini indet. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960