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TANGDING, Guangxi, China

Formation	TANGDING
Age:	408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Interval	Emsian
Lithology	mudstone, "shale", "shale"/sandstone
Number of Collections	7
Number of Occurrences	56

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Meter 0 Early Devonian fauna from the top Danlin Fm	Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China	Tangding
XinyuanFarm	Tian'e County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Tangding
Huima	Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Tangding

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Danlin	409 - 392 Ma Devonian	sandstone	11
Nabiao	403 - 388 Ma Devonian	dolomite/chert, dolomite, mudstone	13
Tangxiang	393 - 388 Ma Devonian	mudstone	225
Xinyuan	247 - 237 Ma Triassic	mudstone/"limestone", chert, mudstone	44
Yehlan	408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	mudstone	54
Yilan	409 - 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	shale	3

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Phacopidae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Athyridacea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyridacea	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Plectospira sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Retziidae : *Plectospira*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Holynatrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Lissatrypidae : *Holynatrypa*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Septatrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Lissatrypidae : *Septatrypa*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Orthida order	4	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Eosophragmophora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : *Eosophragmophora*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Prokopia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : *Prokopia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Dalmanellopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : *Dalmanellopsis*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Muriferella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Draboviidae : *Muriferella*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Aulacella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : *Aulacella*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ambocoeliidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Crurithyris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : *Crurithyris*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Reticulariopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Reticulariidae : *Reticulariopsis*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Chonetoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetoidea	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Chonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : *Chonetes*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nabarredia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Strophochonetidae : *Nabarredia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Perichonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Strophochonetidae : *Perichonetes*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Strophochonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Strophochonetidae : *Strophochonetes*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Plectodonta (Plectodonta) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Plectodonta : *Plectodonta (Plectodonta)*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rugosa subclass	3.3	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Rugosa	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Guangxiconcha hechiensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Lunulacardiidae : Guangxiconcha : *Guangxiconcha hechiensis*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pterochaenia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Lunulacardiidae : *Pterochaenia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nuculites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Nuculites*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nuculoidea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : *Nuculoidea*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cephalopoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Anarcestidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Anarcestidae	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Mimagoniatites fecundus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimagoniatitidae : Mimagoniatites : *Mimagoniatites fecundus*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Anetoceras elegantulum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimosphinctidae : Anetoceras : *Anetoceras elegantulum*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Goniatitida order	4	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nowakia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Nowakiidae : *Nowakia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Styliolina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Styliolinidae : *Styliolina*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Styliolinidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Styliolinidae	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

References

Yu C.-M., Ruan Y.-P. (1988) Proposal and comment on the definition of Emsian, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 14, 179-191

Vogel K, Han-kui X, et al (1989) Brachiopods and their relation to facies development in the lower and Middle Devonian of Nandan, Guangxi, South China, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 110, 17-59

Fang Z. J., Chen J. H., et al (2009) Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007), The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 17, 1-157

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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