Locality B108, beds in lowest 3 m, Dagangou, north Kunlun Shan (Carboniferous to of China)

Where: Qinghai, China (36.1° N, 94.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° S, 52.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dagangou Formation, Visean to Visean (346.7 - 323.2 Ma)

• Dagangou and Diasosu Formations; late Visean to early Namurian; First limestone unit, beds in lowest 3 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Marine limestone units within a thick fluviatile sequence

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: Paleontological collections made on the 1985 Geotraverse.

Primary reference: A. B. Smith and J. Xu. 1988. Palaeontology of the 1985 Geotraverse, Lhasa to Golmud. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 327:53-105 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68635: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Linguaphillipsia sp.
Linguaphillipsia sp. Stubblefield 1948 trilobite
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
small dictyclosid
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Cleiothyridina sp.
? Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
? Uncinella cf. minor
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
? Punctospirifer tamugangensis
 Spiriferida -
? Spiriferida indet.
? Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
small ?spiriferellinids
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
cf. Martinia sp.
cf. Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
Reticulariacean - cf. Martinia sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella cf. plana
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
? Beecheria sp.
? Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
? Dielasma dieneri
? Dielasma dieneri Grabau and Yoh 1928
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Echinoconchus fasciatus" = Karavankina fasciata, "Echinoconchus" transversus
"Echinoconchus fasciatus" = Karavankina fasciata Kutorga 1844
or E. parafascifera
 Productida -
cf. Marginifera chuchuhuai
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
? Hystriculina sp.
? Hystriculina sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Linoproductidae
? Linoproductidae indet.
? Linoproductidae indet. Stehli 1954
?Linoproductid fragments
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
cf. Ovatia sp., "Gigantoproductus" cf. rectestrius
 Productida - Productidae
cf. Flexaria sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
"Antiquatonia" cf. taiguanfuensis, cf. Diaphragmus sp., Protoniella sp., "Overtonia" transversus
cf. Diaphragmus sp. Girty 1910
Productacean - cf. Diaphragmus sp.
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
? Derbyia sp.
? Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
"cf. Pseudorthotetes borodencovensis" = Orthotetes
"cf. Pseudorthotetes borodencovensis" = Orthotetes
Davidsoniacean cf. Pseudorthotetes borodencovensis
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes kansuensis
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
? Septopora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
sensu lato Fenestella sp.
 Cystoporata -
Cystoporata indet.
Cystoporata indet. Astrova 1964
?Anisotrypid trepostome cystoporates
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Neognathodus dilatus
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum sp., Dibunophyllum sp.
Clisiophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
Dibunophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion sp., Siphonodendron intermedium, Siphonodendron pauciradiale
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
"Actinocyathus floriformis" = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus)
"Actinocyathus floriformis" = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus) horn coral
A. floriformis crassiconus