Dale and Zhongping Villages, Donggangling grab samples, various levels: Givetian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Pseudozaphrentis curvata
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia otomeri
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
sp. B
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
? Ctenodonta dubiiformisa
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea sp. Williams and Berger 1916
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca cf. oviformis (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
Fasciculiptera guangxiensis Zhang 1977
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Ozarkodina longesta
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis subrecta Miller and Youngquist 1947
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus ovatinodosus
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879
Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus difficilis
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangxi County:Xiangzhou
Coordinates: 24.1° North, 110.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° South, 115.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*Period:Middle Devonian *Local age/stage:Dongganglingian
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Donggangling
Local section:Dale-Zhongping Local bed:various
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: various. mostly limestone and shale.
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
Collection method comments: Grab samples from various levels in the Donggangling Fm.
Metadata
Database number:4846
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-24 18:11:34 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]