Nam Pia, Nam Pia Beds (Devonian to of Vietnam)

Where: Vietnam (21.4° N, 104.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 131.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nam Pia Formation, Lochkovian to Lochkovian (419.2 - 407.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale and lithified sandstone

• shales with fine-grained sandstone and marl intercalations and limestone lenses

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Tong-Dzuy, T. H. Dang, D. H. Nguyen, D. K. Nguyen, H. H. Nguyen, T. D. Nguyen, H. P. Ta, K. N. Pham, and N. T. Doan. 1988. Stratigrafiya i tselenteraty Dewona W'etnama, 1: Stratigrafiya [Devonian stratigraphy and coelenterata of Vietnam, 1: Stratigraphy] 5-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83318: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Dicoelostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia ex gr. concava, "Stropheodonta cf. orientalis" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Stropheodonta subtetragona" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta cf. orientalis" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta subtetragona" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
subsp. padaukpinensis
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites styriacus tabulate coral
Favosites subnitellus tabulate coral
Favosites cf. alpinus tabulate coral
Favosites preplacentus tabulate coral
Favosites stellaris tabulate coral
Favosites gregalis tabulate coral
Favosites ottiliae tabulate coral
Favosites sublatus tabulate coral
Favosites interstinctus tabulate coral
Favosites cf. saurini tabulate coral
Emmonsia yenlacensis tabulate coral
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora nana tabulate coral
Cladopora rectilineata tabulate coral
Cladopora spinosa tabulate coral
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Caliapora primitiva tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites ramosus tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Thecostegitidae
Thecostegites minutus tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes ninae demosponge
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetipora sokolovi chaetetid sponge
Chaetetipora vietnamica chaetetid sponge
Chaetetipora muonglaeinsis chaetetid sponge