Mu-42, Muhua Section (Carboniferous of China)

Also known as Mu-42, Muhua Section, Muhua Fm, Guizhou Province, China

Where: Guizhou, China (25.8° N, 106.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 102.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Muhua Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• "The conodonts and ostracodes suggest a late Tournaisian age for the upper part of the Muhua Formation"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, lenticular limestone

• "The ostracode assemblage from sample Mu-42 clearly represents the'Eifelian ecotype' of Becker (in Bandel & Becker 1975). This ecotype is characteristic of high-energy paleoenvironments. The ostracode assemblage from the studied interval is similar in generic composition to marine near-shore to shallow off-shore ostracode assemblages described by Bless (1983) from the Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous of Europe."
• "The described ostracode assemblage os from a detrital limestone lense (sample Mu-42) in the upper part of the Muhua Formation."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• Collection was prepared by dissolution with formic acid.

•Material reposited in the Institute of Paleobiology PAN, Warsaw (abbreviated ZPAL).

Primary reference: E. Olempska. 1999. Silicified shallow-water ostracodes from the Early Carboniferous of South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44(4):383-436 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58462: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 08.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Orthotetidine indet.
Orthotetidine gen. et sp. indet.
Echinoconchid indet.
Echinoconchid gen. et sp. indet.
Productoid "sp. 1"
Productoid gen. et sp. indet. 1
Productoid "sp. 2"
Productoid gen. et sp. indet. 2
Rhynchonelloid indet.
Rhynchonelloid gen. et sp. indet.
Brachythyridid indet.
Brachythyridid gen. et sp. indet.
Phricodothyridine indet.
Phricodothyridine gen. et sp. indet.
Hapsiphyllid indet.
Hapsiphyllid rugose corals - 3 well preserved specimens, probably the genus Allotropiophyllum
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"Juvenile brachiopods - about 50 specimens, mostly spiriferoids"
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Lambdarinidae
Lambdarina sp. Brunton and Champion 1974
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
? Tylothyris sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania sp. Williams 1943
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Guerichiella coeni n. sp. ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Gortanella ruggierii n. sp. ostracod
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
"Amphissites (Amphissites) centronotus" = Amphissites centronotus
"Amphissites (Amphissites) centronotus" = Amphissites centronotus Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Knightina jiqiangi n. sp. ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Coryellina grammi n. sp. ostracod
Coryellina advenoides n. sp. ostracod
 Palaeocopida -
Malnina sp. ostracod
 Platycopida - Miltonellidae
 Platycopida - Knoxitidae
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Sulcella jonesi n. sp. ostracod
Cavellina robinsoni n. sp. ostracod
Cavellina guizhouensis n. sp. ostracod
Cavellina benniei Jones et al. 1883 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
? Healdia sp. Roundy 1926 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"Bairdia cestriensis" = Orthobairdia cestriensis Ulrich 1891 ostracod
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia cheni n. sp. Olempska 1999 ostracod
Bairdiacypris wangi n. sp. Olempska 1999 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia deloi ostracod
 Podocopida - Editiidae
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
32 very small proetid exoskeleton fragments
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
Gnathostomata
 Gnathostomata -
Gnathostomata indet. Gegenbauer 1874
fish osicles
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Cavusgnathus sp. Harris and Hollingsworth 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
? Prioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1925 conodont
Conodontophorida
  - Mestognathidae