Baqi section, bed 3, Xiangzhou County, Guangxi (Devonian of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.0° N, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° S, 109.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• Middle triangularis Zone. Frasnian-Famennian boundary at boundary between triangularis and crepida conodont zones. Bed 3 is interpreted as slump block derived from bed 1 (consistent with conodonts).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone

• "area transitional between the benthonic and planktonic facies"
• "light grey thick-bedded limestone...1.5m"

Primary reference: K. Wang and S. Ba. 1988. Faunal changes and events near the Frasnian-Famennian boundary of South China. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 71-78 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40572: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 25.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae