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NAHKAOLING, Nanning, Guangxi, China

FormationNAHKAOLING
Age:411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
IntervalPragian
Lithologymarl/mudstone, "shale"
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences31

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Huananochonetes-Xenostrophia Comm.Heng County, Nanning, Guangxi, ChinaNahkaoling
5m sampleNanning, Guangxi, ChinaNahkaoling

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Pocheluo408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		shale/"limestone"10
Pochiao408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		shale/"limestone", "shale", "limestone", mudstone19
Yukiang - Liujing408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		mudstone107
Yukiang - Shizhou408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		mudstone, "shale"/"limestone"104

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Tentaculitida
order		4Animalia : Lophotrochozoa : Tentaculitida410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Protathyris sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Protathyris410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Atrypa reticularis
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : Atrypa : Atrypa reticularis410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Aseptalium sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Innaechiidae : Aseptalium410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Kwangsirhynchus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Pugnacidae : Kwangsirhynchus410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Howellella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Delthyrididae : Howellella410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Orientospirifer sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Delthyrididae : Orientospirifer410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Sinochonetes sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : Sinochonetes410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Stropheodontidae
family		5Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Stropheodontidae410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Paracyclas sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Paracyclas410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Eoschizodus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Eoschizodidae : Eoschizodus410.8 - 407.6 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

References

Wang Y., Boucot A. J., et al (1987) Community paleoecology as a geologic tool: the Chinese Ashgillian-Eifelian (latest Ordovician through early Middle Devonian) as an example, Geological Society of America Special Paper 211, 1-100
Yu C.-M., Ruan Y.-P. (1988) Proposal and comment on the definition of Emsian, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 14, 179-191
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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