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
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 | |
? Hypotetragonia sinica n. sp., ? Hypotetragonia angulata, Houhongfeiella microspinosa n. gen. n. sp., Muhuaella spinosa, Orthotetidine indet., Echinoconchid indet., Productoid "sp. 1", Productoid "sp. 2", Rhynchonelloid indet., Brachythyridid indet., Phricodothyridine indet., Hapsiphyllid indet.
? Hypotetragonia sinica n. sp.
Houhongfeiella microspinosa n. gen. n. sp.
Hapsiphyllid indet. Hapsiphyllid rugose corals - 3 well preserved specimens, probably the genus Allotropiophyllum
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Gastropoda | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
Brachiopoda | |
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Strophomenata | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Lambdarina sp. Brunton and Champion 1974 | |
Schizophoria sp. King 1850 | |
? Tylothyris sp. North 1920 | |
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906 | |
? Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859 | |
Craniata | |
Acanthocrania sp. Williams 1943 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Tentaculita | |
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820 | |
Ostracoda | |
Guerichiella coeni n. sp.
Guerichiella coeni n. sp. ostracod | |
Gortanella ruggierii n. sp., Hollinella sp.
Gortanella ruggierii n. sp. ostracod
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod | |
"Amphissites (Amphissites) centronotus" = Amphissites centronotus
"Amphissites (Amphissites) centronotus" = Amphissites centronotus Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod | |
Knightina jiqiangi n. sp.
Knightina jiqiangi n. sp. ostracod | |
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod | |
Coryellina grammi n. sp., Coryellina advenoides n. sp.
Coryellina grammi n. sp. ostracod
Coryellina advenoides n. sp. ostracod | |
Malnina sp. ostracod | |
Libumella bonapartensis ostracod | |
? Knoxiella sp. ostracod | |
Shishaella sp. ostracod
Shivaella armstrongiana ostracod | |
Sulcella jonesi n. sp., Cavellina robinsoni n. sp., Cavellina guizhouensis n. sp., Cavellina benniei
Sulcella jonesi n. sp. ostracod
Cavellina robinsoni n. sp. ostracod
Cavellina guizhouensis n. sp. ostracod
Cavellina benniei Jones et al. 1883 ostracod | |
? Healdia sp. Roundy 1926 ostracod | |
Microcheilinella aff. subcorbuloides ostracod | |
"Bairdia cestriensis" = Orthobairdia cestriensis, Bairdia bicornis, Bairdia nanbiancunensis, Bairdia sp., Bairdia cheni n. sp., Bairdiacypris wangi n. sp.
"Bairdia cestriensis" = Orthobairdia cestriensis Ulrich 1891 ostracod
Bairdia bicornis ostracod
Bairdia nanbiancunensis ostracod
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia cheni n. sp. Olempska 1999 ostracod
Bairdiacypris wangi n. sp. Olempska 1999 ostracod | |
Bairdiocypris alia ostracod | |
Acratia deloi ostracod | |
Editiella dawubaensis ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
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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 | |
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Conodonta | |
Pseudopolygnathus primus conodont
Pseudopolygnathus sp. conodont
Cavusgnathus sp. Harris and Hollingsworth 1933 conodont | |
? Prioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1925 conodont | |
Conodontophorida | |
Mestognathus sp. Bischoff |