Nanbiancun (Bed 55) [Rongxian Fm]: Late/Upper Famennian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhodalepis inornatus
Crurithysis aff. lunievensis
Martiella mazor
Rhipidophyris obesus
Parachaetes informal sp. B
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus communis Branson and Mehl 1934
recombined as Neopolygnathus communis
Siphonodella praesulcata
Polygnathus postinodosus
Polygnathus longiposticus
Polygnathus magnidentatus
Polygnathus inornatus
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis gracilis
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Protognathus meischneri (Ziegler 1969)
original and current combination Protognathodus meischneri
Misspelled mischneri here (but correct in bed 57)
Protognathus kocki (Bischoff 1957)
recombined as Protognathodus kockeli
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Yanguania dushanensis
Semiproductus irregularicostatus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Mucrospirifer depressa
Mucrospirifer guilinensis
Mucrospirifer karaukensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Martinothyris convex
Martinothyris delicata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer nanbiancunensis
Unispirifer tornacensis (de Koninck 1883)
recombined as Atylephorus tornacensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris guilinensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Actinoconchus orbicularis
Actinoconchus cf. paradoxus
Cleiothyridina cf. humerosa
Cleiothyridina submabrancea
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae
Guilinospirifer obscure
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma corcula
Dielasma kingi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata (Martin 1809)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima informal sp. A Hind 1903
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Perliproetus sp. Richter 1927
Demospongiae - Tabulospongida
Pseudochaetetes elliotti
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 25.3° North, 110.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.2° South, 100.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Famennian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Famennian Conodont zone: Siphonodella praesulcata
Age range of interval:365.30000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rongxian
Local section:Nanbiancun Local bed:55
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rongxian Fm (Givetian-Tournaisian), which overlies the Tangjiawan Fm (Givetian) AGE: Devonian, late Famennian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 55, immediately on Devonian side of -Devonian-Carboniferousboundary.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coquina limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macro fossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:162314
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-22 11:34:01 Last modified:2014-09-22 11:34:01
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-22 11:34:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52868. D. Chen. 2010. Devonian-Carboniferous Carbonates around Guilin, South China: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. 2010 IGCP – 580 Meeting November 28-December 4 Guilin, South China: Applications of Magnetic Susceptibility on Paleozoic Rocks 1-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]