Shaijingpo section, upper [Changyuchun Fm] (Devonian of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.5° N, 100.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.6° S, 96.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changyuchun Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (375.2 - 372.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Changyuchun Fm, which is unconformably overlain by Quaternary sediments. AGE: upper Frasnian, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, yellow chert

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Thick gray yellow or thin purple ribbon-bedded cherts. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and sample preparation techniques.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NIGPAS

• COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China.

Primary reference: Y. Wang, J. C. Aitchison, and H. Luo. 2003. Devonian radiolarian faunas from South China. Micropaleontology 49(2):127-145 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90906: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolaria. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Palaeoscenidium cladophorum
Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Deflandre 1953 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Tetrentactiniidae
Spongentactinella cf. corynacantha
Spongentactinella cf. corynacantha Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Stigmosphaerostylus variospina
Stigmosphaerostylus variospina Won 1983 radiolarian