Daping [Niutitang Fm]: Nemakit-Daldynian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
Cambroclavida - Zhijinitidae
Kaiyangites novilis Qian and Yin 1984
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Zhangjiajie County:Hunan
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 110.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.7° North, 159.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Terreneuvian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 1-2
Key time interval:Nemakit-Daldynian Small shelly zone: Protohertzina anabarica - Kaiyangites novilis
Age range of interval:538.80000 - 525.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Niutitang Member:Basal
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the basal unit of the Niutitang Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Lower Meishucunian; probably Nemakit-Daldynian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Stratigraphic position in local area is not stated. PJW: Discussed as part of Protohertzina anabarica - Kaiyangites novilis zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithology not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed lithified as replaced by phosphate.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably Steiner et al; unknown date. REPOSITORY: TU Berlin.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa figured in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication but with modern nomenclature and with species resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:86661
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-10 19:43:03 Last modified:2018-08-30 11:11:29
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-10 19:43:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29183. M. Steiner, G. Li, Y. Qian, M. Zhu, and B.-D. Erdtmann. 2007. Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian small shelly fossil assemblages and a revised biostratigraphic correlation of the Yangtze Platform (China). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254:67-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]