Bed 78 of Wuzhishan Fm, Lali, S. China, Famennian: Middle Famennian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Polygnathidae
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Polygnathus communis
Branson and Mehl 1934
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| Polygnathus communis communis | ||||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Palmatolepidae
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| Palmatolepis glabra distorta | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guangxi |
| Coordinates: | 24.5° North, 108.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.5° South, 91.2° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Famennian | Zone: | latest marginifera |
| Age range of interval: | 368.5 - 365.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wuzhishan | Local bed: | 78 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "about 1.1m thick, grey thin bedded nodular limestones with cherts" | |
| Environment: | slope |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Taxa are listed as present in text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 12737 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-11-28 10:38:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-11-28 10:38:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4245. | Q. Ji and W. Ziegler. 1993. The Lali Section: An Excellent Reference Section for Upper Devonian in South China. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 157:1-182 [A. Miller/J. Sessa] |