Taoshuyuan: Moscovian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Dactylocrinidae
Aexitrophocrinus sp.
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pirasocrinidae
Metaperimestocrinus aoertuensis n. sp. Webster et al. 2009
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Stellarocrinidae
Stellarocrinus qijiagouensis n. sp. Webster et al. 2009
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Blothrocrinidae
Blothrocrinidae indet. Moore and Laudon 1943
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae
Dicromyocrinus informal sp. 1 Jaekel 1918
Dicromyocrinus informal sp. 2 Jaekel 1918
Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus labrus n. sp. Webster et al. 2009
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinitidae indet. Bassler 1938
Platycrinites spp.
Blastoidea - Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Troosticrinidae indet. Bather 1899
Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 88.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.4° North, 78.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Moscovian
Age range of interval:315.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aoertu
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost part of the Qijiagou Formation or lowermost part of the Aoertu Formation, Upper Moscovian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Lithology description: shallow-water grainstones and packstones that contain a small volcanic component
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92636
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-20 01:33:01 Last modified:2009-11-20 03:33:01
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-20 01:33:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31213. G. D. Webster, J. A. Waters, Z. T. Liao and C. G. Maples. 2009. New Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) echinoderms from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, western China. Palaeoworld 18:241-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]