Luobang Village, Section 5, Loc. 19: Eifelian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) producta
original and current combination Actinopteria
sgn. (Actinopteria)
Limoptera sp. Hall 1869
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten (Newillipecten) guangxinesis
sgn. (Newillipecten)
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora) marija
original and current combination Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora)
sgn. (Cosmogoniophora)
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:19
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 20.3 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:green,yellow lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: marl
Lithology description: yellowish-green shale and mudstone intercalated with marl and 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:4831
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-24 17:08:04 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]