Wengxiang near Kaili: Telychian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Palaeofavosites sp.
(Twenhofel 1914)
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Palaeofavosites paulus
Sokolov 1951
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Palaeofavosites forbesiformis
Sokolov 1951
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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Ceriaster minor
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Ceriaster sp.
Lindström 1883
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Amplexoides hupehensis
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Amplexoides appendiculatus
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Nucleospiridae
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Nucleospira sp.
Hall 1859
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella uniplicata
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Striispirifer sp.
Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
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Eospirifer cf. subradiatus
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Eospirifer cf. radiatus
(Sowerby 1834)
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypinidae
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Nalivkinia sp.
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guizhou |
| Coordinates: | 26.5° North, 108.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.1° North, 125.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Telychian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Telychian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 438.5 - 433.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lower Wengxiang | Member: | Upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Except where otherwise stated, ref. 7624 uses Lower Silurian as equivalent to Llandovery, Middle Silurian as equivalent to Wenlock, and Upper Silurian as equivalent to Ludlow plus Pridoli. "In view of [fossil] data, it is concluded that the Lower W. Fm. is of Upper Llandovery age." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | calcareous "shale" |
| Lithology description: "The upper part consists of shale, sandy shale, calcareous shale, and a little limestone." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Correlation chart indicates shelly-based BA2-3 position. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lower Wengxiang Fm., Upper Part, at Wengxiang near Kaili, SE Guizhou Province | ||
| Database number: | 27790 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-01-09 09:07:58 | Last modified: | 2018-07-09 17:38:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-09 09:07:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7624. | E.-z. Mu, A. J. Boucot, X. Chen and J.-y. Rong. 1986. Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China. In A. J. Boucot and W. B. N. Berry (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 202:1-80 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |