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Dikanre - lower, Shanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, China

FormationDikanre
Memberlower
Age:315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalMoscovian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Shanshan areaShanshan Co., Turpan, Xinjiang, ChinaDikanre - lower

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Taizicun58.7 - 55.8 Ma
Paleogene
1
Taizicun - lower59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Amblysiphonella barroisi
species
7Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sebargasiidae : Amblysiphonella : Amblysiphonella barroisi315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Stioderma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Amphidiscosida : Stiodermatidae : Stioderma315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Stereodictyum proteron
species
7Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Stereodictyidae : Stereodictyum : Stereodictyum proteron315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Rigby J. K., Waters J. A., et al (1999) Hexactinellid and calcareous sponges from the Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) Dikanre Formation from Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, Journal of Paleontology 73 3, 380-388
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