Sifangtang, Liujiang County: Capitanian, China
collected by X.F. Sheng, T.Q. Yu 1952-1954

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Waagenoceras umbilicatum n. sp. Zhao 1955
recombined as Kufengoceras umbilicatum
Waagenoceras simplex Zhao 1955
recombined as Shengoceras simplex
Shengoceras lenticulare Zhao 1955
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Strigogoniatites nodosus n. sp. Zhao 1955
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi
Coordinates: 24.2° North, 109.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° South, 100.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Capitanian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Capitanian
Age range of interval:264.28000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kufeng
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ammonoids traditionally assigned to Roadian-Wordian, but radiolarians from the so-called Kufeng Formation at Sifangtang are Capitanian-Wuchiapingian in age (Yao et al. 2007), agreeing with the age of Kufengoceras at Penglaitan (basal Wuchiapingian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified cherty/siliceous "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:X.F. Sheng, T.Q. Yu Collection dates:1952-1954
Metadata
Database number:124035
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-02-06 07:49:02 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-06 07:49:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39948. J. K. Zhao. 1955. Some Permian ammonoids from Kwangsi and their significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 3:135-158 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]