Southwestern Tarim Basin, Aitegou Section, Heshilafu Formation, Vbu Zone: Chadian - Holkerian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer scabricostus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris ovalis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Tomiopsis sp. Benediktova 1956
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia glabra (Sowerby 1821)
Martinia pentagonalis Jin and Hu 1978
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Palaeochoristitidae
Palaeochoristites cinctus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Unispirifer aff. tornacensis (de Koninck 1883)
Unispirifer heshilafuensis
Brachythyris cf. suborbicularis (Hall 1858)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria paraplicata
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Composita prolixa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes damusiensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Marginatia cf. burlingtonensis
Buxtonia pseudoscabricula
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia aff. lamellosa
Krotovia spinulosa (Sowerby 1814)
Overtonia sp.
Avonia banffensis
Eomarginifera lobata
Eomarginifera schartimiensis (Janischewsky 1900)
Geniculifera brevicula Carter 1967
Strophomenata - Productida - Sentosiidae
Stegacanthia cf. bowsheri
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchella elegans
Echinoconchella liangchowensis
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 77.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.1° South, 44.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Mississippian
Stage: Visean 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 2
Key time interval: Chadian - Holkerian
Age range of interval: 346.7 - 340.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Heshilafu Member:Middle
Local section:Aitegou Local bed:Units 3+4
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Buxtonia pseudoscabricula Zone (Vbu Zone), late early Visean to early middle Visean.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50253
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-11 04:52:44 Last modified:2005-05-12 05:28:58
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-11 04:52:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13495. Z.-Q. Chen. 2004. Devonian-Carboniferous brachiopod zonation in the Tarim Basin, northwest China: implications for biostratigraphy and biogeography. Geological Journal 39:431-458 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]