Dayong [Niutitang Fm]: Atdabanian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hexactinellida
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Solactiniella plumata
Steiner et al. 1993
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Saetaspongia densa
Mehl and Reitner 1993
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Triticispongia diagonata
Steiner et al. 1993
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Sanshapentella dapingi
Mehl and Erdtmann 1994
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Dictyospongiidae
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Hyalosinica archaica
Steiner et al. 1993
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Sanshadictya microreticulata
Mehl and Reitner 1993
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hunan | County: | Dayong |
| Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 110.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.9° North, 158.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 521.00000 - 515.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Niutitang | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Niutitang Fm for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Qiongzhusian = Atdabanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper Qiongzhusian age Niutitang Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green lithified siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | black lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Black shales and siltstone-shale interbeds. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figures. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore shelf environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,replaced with silica |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for all groups. NOMENCLATURE: From a combination of authoritative and review publications, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86850 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-21 12:51:51 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-21 12:51:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29233. | M. Steiner, M. Zhu, Y. Zhao and B.-D. Erdtmann. 2005. Lower Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil associations of South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 220:129-152 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |