Yankong, Jinsha, bioherm: Botomian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Archaeocyatha
- Archaeocyathida
- Archaeopharetridae
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Protopharetra sp.
Bornemann 1884
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Archaeocyatha
- Archaeocyathida
- Archaeocyathidae
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Archaeofungia sp.
Taylor 1910
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Peng and Babcock 2001 | ||||||
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Archaeocyathus jacicyathus
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Archaeocyatha
- Capsulocyathida
- Coscinocyathidae
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Coscinocyathus sp.
Bornemann 1884
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Archaeocyatha
- Ajacicyathida
- Bronchocyathidae
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Conannulofungia jinshaensis
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Archaeocyatha
- Ajacicyathida
- Ajacicyathidae
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Rotundocyathus sp.
Vologdin 1960
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Ajacicyathus sp.
Bedford and Bedford 1939
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Peng and Babcock 2001 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guizhou | County: | Jinsha |
| Coordinates: | 27.6° North, 106.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.3° North, 159.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Botomian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 515.6 - 512.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Minghsingssu | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: total thickness 45.3 m, also spelled Minxinshi Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 925 | ||
| Database number: | 79911 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | F. Reichel, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-26 09:22:29 | Last modified: | 2011-03-31 08:16:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-26 09:22:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26850. | D. Zeng, B. Liu, and Y. Huang. 1994. Reefs through geological ages in China. Reefs through geological ages in China 1-104 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel] |
Secondary references:
| 35684 | S. Peng and L. E. Babcock. 2001. Cambrian of the Hunan-Guizhou region, south China. Palaeoworld 13:3-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |