Shaijingpo section, lower [Changyuchun Fm]: Givetian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria
Helioentactinia yunnaensis Wang 2000
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Trilonche inusitata
Trilonche informal sp. A. Hinde 1899
Trilonche parapalimbola Wang 2003
Spongentactinia shaijingpoensis Wang 2000
Stigmosphaerostylus cf. dissora
Stigmosphaerostylus informal sp. A RĂ¼st 1892
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Tetrentactiniidae
Spongentactinella cf. corynacantha Nazarov and Ormiston 1983
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae
Polyentactinia miopora Wang 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan County:Xianyun
Coordinates: 25.5° North, 100.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.3° South, 122.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Changyuchun
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Changyuchun Fm, which is unconformably overlain by Quaternary sediments. AGE: Givetian, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the lower part of the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified cherty/siliceous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Black thinly ribbon-bedded siliceous rocks. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and sample preparation techniques.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NIGPAS
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolaria. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:90904
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2009-08-24 19:49:25 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-24 19:49:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30581. Y. Wang, J. C. Aitchison, and H. Luo. 2003. Devonian radiolarian faunas from South China. Micropaleontology 49(2):127-145 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]