Where: Guangxi, China (24.1° N, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 115.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Donggangling Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Grab samples from various levels in the Donggangling Fm.
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 4846: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 24.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral | |
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral | |
Pseudozaphrentis curvata horn coral | |
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral | |
Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral | |
Conodonta | |
Icriodus difficilis conodont | |
Polygnathus ovatinodosus conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940 conodont | |
Ozarkodina longesta conodont | |
Palmatolepis subrecta Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilarca cf. oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis, Fasciculiptera guangxiensis
"Mytilarca cf. oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis Conrad 1842 clam
Fasciculiptera guangxiensis Zhang 1977 clam | |
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Nuculoidea sp. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam | |
Tentaculita | |