Dengying Formation
The Dengying Formation is an upper Ediacaran (551-541 Ma[2]) fossiliferous geologic formation found in South China. It was deposited on a shallow marine carbonate platform.[3]
Dengying Formation Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran ~551–541 Ma | |
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![]() Transition between uppermost Doushantuo Formation and lowermost Dengying Formation | |
Type | Formation |
Sub-units | See: Members |
Underlies | Yanjiahe Formation[1] |
Overlies | Doushantuo Formation |
Location | |
Region | Yangtze Gorges |
Country | ![]() |
Members
Listed by ascending age:
- The Hamajing Member is characterized by light grey, medium- to thick-bedded dolomite, intercalated with thin layers of chert.[3]
- The Shibantan Member is interpreted to represent a subtidal environment and is composed of dark grey, thin-bedded bituminous limestone. It is the most fossiliferous of the Dengying Formation members and has yielded several trace fossils, such as Lamonte.[4]
- The Baimatuo Member consists of light grey, thick-bedded dolomite.[3]
Traditionally, the Tianzhushan Member was considered to be the uppermost unit of the Dengying Formation. However, its small shelly fossils and Micrhystridium-like acritarchs are a shared characteristic with the Cambrian Yanjiahe Formation.[3]
Genera
- Cloudina
- Paracharnia
- Sinotubulites
- Yangtziramulus
Ichnogenera
- Helminthoidichnites
- Lamonte
- Torrowangea
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See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in China
- Ediacaran biota
References
- Dong, Lin; Xiao, Shuhai; Shen, Bing; Zhou, Chuanming; Guoxiang, Li; Yao, Jinxian (2009). "Basal Cambrian Microfossils from the Yangtze Gorges Area (South China) and the Aksu Area (Tarim Block, Northwestern China)". Chemical Geology. 83 (1): 30–34. doi:10.1666/07-147R.1. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- Condon, Daniel; Zhu, Maoyan; Bowring, Samuel; Wang, Wei; Yang, Aihua; Jin, Yugan (2005). "U–Pb ages from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China". Science. 308 (5718): 5–98. doi:10.1126/science.1107765. JSTOR 3841402. PMID 15731406.
- Zhou, Chuanming; Xiao, Shuhai (2006). "Ediacaran .δ13C chemostratigraphy of South China". Chemical Geology. 237 (1–2): 89–108. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.021.
- Meyer, Mike; Xiao, Shuhai; Gill, Benjamin C.; Schiffbauer, James D.; Chen, Zhe; Zhou, Chuanming; Yuan, Xunlai (2014). "Interactions between Ediacaran animals and microbial mats: Insights from Lamonte trevallis, a new trace fossil from the Dengying Formation of South China". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 396: 62–74. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.026.
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