Ceshui Formation, Locality 2, Songshanxia Res.: Jiusian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus elegans (Norwood and Pratten 1855)
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Kansuella kansuensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo guangdongensis n. sp. Zhang and Pojeta 1986
Bivalvia - Pectinida
Fasciculiconcha sp. Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia rudis McCoy 1878
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Glyptoconcha elegans n. gen., n. sp. Zhang and Pojeta 1986
unclassified
Potoniea sp. Zeiller 1899
Neuropteris gigantea Sternberg 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangdong
Coordinates: 23.9° North, 113.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.5° South, 96.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Mississippian
Stage: Visean 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 2
Key time interval: Jiusian
Age range of interval: 346.7 - 335 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ceshui
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Datangian stage, correlated via stratigraphy.org
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty mudstone
Secondary lithology: coal
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Mustone and silty mudstone inercalated with coal beds, 52 m
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:55693
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. Peters
Modifier:S. Peters Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-02 15:16:31 Last modified:2006-09-24 14:20:12
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-02 15:16:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15041. R. Zhang and J. Pojeta. 1986. New bivalves from the Datang Stage, Lower Carboniferous, Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 60(3):669-679 [S. Peters/S. Peters/P. Wagner]