Nanyanghe Fm
    Period: 
    
  
  
      Ordovician    
    
    Age Interval: 
    
  
  
      Late Ordovician, (6)
    
    Province: 
    
  
  
      Heilongjiang    
    Type Locality and Naming
Type section at Nanyanghe in Xinlin County, Heilongjiang Province. Named by Xie Guisheng et al., 1983, Explanatory Text for 1∶200 000 Scale Geological Map: Xinglonggou Sheet, Humazhen Sheet.
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Gray, grayish yellow silty-bearing slate, with interbeds of arkose and tuffite
    Lithology Pattern: 
    
   
  
  
      Sandy claystone
    
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the next older unit is the Dayixikanghe Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the next younger unit is the Songmaoshan Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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    Fossils
Age
     Age Span: 
    
          
    
  
  
        Beginning stage: 
    
  
  
      Sandbian    
    
        Fraction up in beginning stage: 
    
  
  
      0.0    
    
        Beginning date (Ma): 
    
  
  
      458.18    
    
        Ending stage: 
    
  
  
      Katian    
    
        Fraction up in the ending stage: 
    
  
  
      0.7    
    
        Ending date (Ma):  
    
  
  
      447.47    
    Depositional setting
    Depositional pattern:  
    
      
    
   
  
Additional Information
    Compiler:  
    
  
      Extracted from Geological Formation Names of China (1866-2000); Springer Publ.