Zhangmu Section bed 43: Pragian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Ferganella cf. parasappho
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
Quadrithyris robusta
var. shiqilingensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Boucotia withersi
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Nikiforovaena guangxiensis
Nikiforovaena cf. ferganensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Macropleura mucroniformis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
Reticulatrypa sp.
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
Vagrania sp.
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Protathyris sp.
Athyris cf. grandis Davidson 1862
recombined as Spirigerella grandis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis zhongnanensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria lianghetangensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
"rhomboidalis"
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi County:Yulin
Coordinates: 23.3° North, 109.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 126.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian *Epoch:Late/Upper Lochkovian
Key time interval:Pragian
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lianghetang
Local section:Zhangmu Local bed:43
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Environment:deep-water indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Quadrithyris robusta community
Database number:12928
Authorizer:M. Foote, A. Miller Enterer:C. Simpson, S. Kolbe
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-01-10 08:37:58 Last modified:2011-08-26 12:08:16
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-10 08:37:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4289. Y. Shipu, A. J. Boucot, and C. Wang. 1999. Early Devonian brachiopod and trace fossil communitires from southeastern Guangxi. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 139-163 [M. Foote/M. Foote/S. Kolbe]