Wengxiang near Kaili: Aeronian - Telychian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Tetraporellidae
Troedssonites compacta
Troedssonites wonghsiangensis
Troedssonites multatabulatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Brachyelasma sp. Lang et al. 1940
Crassilasma sp. Ivanovskiy 1962
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Palaeophyllum sp. Billings 1858
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou
Coordinates: 26.5° North, 108.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.3° North, 125.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
*International age/stage:Telychian
Key time interval:Aeronian - Telychian
Age range of interval:440.80000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lower Wengxiang Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Except where otherwise stated, ref. 7624 uses Lower Silurian as equivalent to Llandovery, Middle Silurian as equivalent to Wenlock, and Upper Silurian as equivalent to Ludlow plus Pridoli. "In view of [fossil] data, it is concluded that the Lower W. Fm. is of Upper Llandovery age."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray,green "limestone"
Secondary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Lithology description: "The lower part consists of gray and greenish-gray, bioclastic limestone and arenaceous limestone with a basal conglomerate resting disconformably on the Lower Ordovician Dawan Fm. of Arenig age."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Correlation chart indicates shelly-based BA2-3 position.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Lower Wengxiang Fm., Lower Part, at Wengxiang near Kaili, SE Guizhou Province
Database number:27789
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-01-09 09:06:29 Last modified:2018-07-09 17:38:29
Access level:the public Released:2003-01-09 09:06:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7624. E.-z. Mu, A. J. Boucot, X. Chen and J.-y. Rong. 1986. Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China. In A. J. Boucot and W. B. N. Berry (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 202:1-80 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]