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Yukiang - Liujing, Heng County, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Formation	Yukiang
Member	Liujing
Age:	408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Interval	Early Emsian
Lithology	mudstone
Number of Collections	10
Number of Occurrences	107

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Huananochonetes-Xenostrophia Comm.	Heng County, Nanning, Guangxi, China	Yukiang - Liujing

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Nahkaoling	411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	marl/mudstone, "shale"	31
Yukiang - Shizhou	408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	mudstone, "shale"/"limestone"	104

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Athyris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : *Athyris*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Parathyrisina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : *Parathyrisina*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Spirigerella grandis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Spirigerella : *Spirigerella grandis*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Atrypa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Atrypa*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Eosophragmophora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : *Eosophragmophora*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Levenea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : *Levenea*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Schizophoria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Schizophoriidae : *Schizophoria*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rhynchonellida order	4	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Latonotoechia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Machaerariidae : *Latonotoechia*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Uncinulus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Uncinulidae : *Uncinulus*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Spiriferida order	4	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Acrospirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Acrospiriferidae : *Acrospirifer*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Elymospirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Acrospiriferidae : *Elymospirifer*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Howellella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Delthyrididae : *Howellella*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Howittia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Echinospiriferidae : *Howittia*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rostrospirifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Hysterolitidae : *Rostrospirifer*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cyrtina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Cyrtinidae : *Cyrtina*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Chonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : *Chonetes*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Huananochonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : *Huananochonetes*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Productella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productellidae : *Productella*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cymostrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Cymostrophia*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Dicoelostrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Dicoelostrophia*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nadiastrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Nadiastrophia*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Leptaenopyxis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : *Leptaenopyxis*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Plectodonta sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : *Plectodonta*	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Stropheodontidae family	5	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Stropheodontidae	409.1 - 402.5 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Megastrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophodontidae : *Megastrophia*	409.1 - 402.5 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

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