central Hunan (Devonian to of China)

Where: Hunan, China (27.8° N, 111.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 111.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tiaomajian Formation, Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• = Tiaomachien

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; red, argillaceous sandstone and sandy shale

• purple-red quartz sandstone, argillaceous sandstone, siltstone, and sandy shale; the bottom of this unit is, for the most part, conglomeratic

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, adpression, replaced with pyrite, replaced with carbon

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: J., J.r. Pojeta, R. Zhang, and Z. Yang. 1986. Systematic paleontology of Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi and Michigan. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1394(G):57-108 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233242: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 28.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Hunanolepis tieni
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Praecardium sp.
Praecardium sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Glossites sp., Radiatodonta shaodongensis
Glossites sp. Hall 1885 clam
Placodermi
 Antiarchiformes - Bothriolepididae
Bothriolepis sinensis
Bothriolepis sinensis Chi 1940 armour-plated fish