Dale and Zhongping Villages, Donggangling grab samples, various levels (Devonian of China)

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

• various. mostly 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
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis subrecta Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Mytilarca cf. oviformis" = Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis Conrad 1842 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
sp. B
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea sp. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae