Qiziqiao, Liujiatang Formation, Hunan: Tournaisian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina cf. media
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ptychomaletoechia kinlingensis
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Sychnoelasma cf. konincki
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Zaphrentites parallelus
4 specimens
Zaphrentites aff. parallelus
2 specimens
Zaphrentites hunanensis n. sp.
6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 27.7° North, 112.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.8° South, 96.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Tournaisian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1
Key time interval:Tournaisian
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Liujiatang
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Tournaisian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:66875
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-19 07:28:34 Last modified:2006-10-19 10:28:34
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-19 07:28:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19029. J. Kullmann and W. H. Liao. 1985. Hornförmige Einzelkorallen (Rugosa) aus dem Unterkarbon von Süd-China [Cornute solitary corals (Rugosa) from the Lower Carboniferous of South China]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 189(4-6):125-157 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]