Shuimoshan [Dengying Fm]: Ediacaran, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cloudinidae
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Cloudina cf. hartmannae
Germs 1972
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hubei | County: | Xingshan |
| Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 110.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 162.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ediacaran |
| Key time interval: | Ediacaran |
| Age range of interval: | 635.00000 - 538.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dengying | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Dengying Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Neoproterozoic. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in regional section. WK: Dengying Fm. is certainly of Ediacaran age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithology not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed lithified as replaced by phosphate. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably Steiner et al; unknown date. REPOSITORY: TU Berlin. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa figured in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication but with modern nomenclature and with species resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86623 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-09 22:28:51 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-09 22:28:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29183. | M. Steiner, G. Li, Y. Qian, M. Zhu, and B.-D. Erdtmann. 2007. Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian small shelly fossil assemblages and a revised biostratigraphic correlation of the Yangtze Platform (China). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254:67-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |