Dale and Zhongping Villages, Section 2, Loc. 31 (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.1° N, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 119.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gupa Member (Yingtang Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• 13 m thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green, argillaceous limestone and shale

• Grayish-yellow argillaceous limestone intercalated with grayish-green shale.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zhang and J., J.r. Pojeta. 1986. Devonian sections in Guangxi from which pelecypods were collected. Devonian rocks and Lower and Middle pelecypods of Guangxi, China and the Traverse Group of Michigan. United States Geological Survery Professional Paper 1394(E):33-43 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4031: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Xerospirifer fongi
originally entered as "Xenospirifer fongi"
 Athyridida - Athyrididae