Baqi section, bed 7, Xiangzhou County, Guangxi: Early/Lower Famennian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis triangularis
Palmatolepis quadrantinodosalobata
Palmatolepis crepida
Palmatolepis tenuipunctata
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus alternatus
Icriodus iowaensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
Yunnanellina uniplicata
synonym of Yunnanella
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ptychomaletoechia hsinghuaensis
listed as "Ptychomalotoechia"
Ptychomaletoechia hsikuangshanensis
listed as "Ptychomalotoechia"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Tenticospirifer tenticulum
Tenticospirifer kwangsiensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris gurdoni
Strophomenata - Productida - Sentosiidae
Productellana linglingensis
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi County:Xiangzhou
Coordinates: 24.0° North, 110.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° South, 107.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Famennian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Famennian
Age range of interval:372.20000 - 368.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Baqi Local bed:7
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: crepida Zone. Frasnian-Famennian boundary at boundary between triangularis and crepida conodont zones.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "limestone"
Lithology description: "light grey thick-bedded limestone...12.0m"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "area transitional between the benthonic and planktonic facies"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40576
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-25 12:52:28 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-25 12:52:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10951. K. Wang and S. Ba. 1988. Faunal changes and events near the Frasnian-Famennian boundary of South China. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 71-78 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]