Luobang Village, Section 5, Loc. 22: Eifelian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora (Goniophora) spathula
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| sgn. (Goniophora) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Nodonychia gordia
Pojeta et al. 1986
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) producta
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| original and current combination Actinopteria | ||||||||||
| sgn. (Actinopteria) | ||||||||||
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Limoptera orbicularis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Echinospiriferidae
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Indospirifer maoerchuanensis
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guangxi | County: | Xiangzhou |
| Coordinates: | 24.1° North, 109.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.2° North, 119.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| *Period: | Middle Devonian | *Local age/stage: | Yingtangian |
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yingtang | Member: | Guche | ||
| Local section: | Luobang Village 5 | Local bed: | 22 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 35.5 m thick. Member is listed as "Upper Member" but in strat correlation table they list the upper member name as "Guche" which I've used here. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,yellow lithified mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: yellowish gray shale and mudstone; the lower beds are shale intercalated with lenticular limestone. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 4828 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-24 16:54:21 | Last modified: | 2012-08-20 00:13:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 274. | R. Zhang and J., J.r. Pojeta. 1986. Devonian sections in Guangxi from which pelecypods were collected. Devonian rocks and Lower and Middle pelecypods of Guangxi, China and the Traverse Group of Michigan. United States Geological Survery Professional Paper 1394(E):33-43 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner] |