Where: China (25.3° N, 110.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 107.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rongxian Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rongxian Fm (Givetian-Tournaisian), which overlies the Tangjiawan Fm (Givetian) AGE: Devonian, early Famennian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 50, not far below the Devonian side of -Devonian-Carboniferousboundary.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: D. Chen. 2010. Devonian-Carboniferous Carbonates around Guilin, South China: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. 2010 IGCP – 580 Meeting November 28-December 4 Guilin, South China: Applications of Magnetic Susceptibility on Paleozoic Rocks 1-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 162317: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae | |
"Palaeomicrocodium devonicum" = Baccanella
"Palaeomicrocodium devonicum" = Baccanella | |
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Canadiphyllum nabiancunensis horn coral | |
Pseudoroemeripora sp. Koksharskaya 1965 tabulate coral | |
Romingeria paradoxiformis tabulate coral | |
Conodonta | |
Siphonodella praesulcata, Polygnathus inornatus, Bispathodus aculeatus, "Polygnathus communis" = Neopolygnathus communis
Siphonodella praesulcata conodont
Polygnathus inornatus conodont
Bispathodus aculeatus conodont
"Polygnathus communis" = Neopolygnathus communis Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont | |
Palmatolepis gracilis conodont | |
Blastoidea | |
Mesoblastus sp. Etheridge and Carpenter 1886 blastoid | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 | |
Strophomenata | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809 | |
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Wocklumeria sphaeroides Richter 1848 ammonite | |
Cymaclymenia warsteinensis ammonite
Cymaclymenia sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite | |
Sporadoceras longilobatum ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
Straparollus aequalis Sowerby 1815 snail | |
Natiria eleganta snail | |
Platyceras nanbiancunensis, Platyceras incerta, Platyceras cf. vetusta, "Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostris" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre
Platyceras incerta snail
Platyceras cf. vetusta Sowerby 1829 snail
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) acutirostris" = Palaeocapulus acutirostre Hall 1856 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam | |
Sanguinolites cf. unioniformis Winchell 1862 clam | |
Mytilarca chemungensis Conrad 1842 clam | |
Ostracoda | |
Shishaella porrectea ostracod | |
Bairdia moreyi ostracod |