Baiyancun Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Late Jurassic, (TJ89)
Province:
Anhui
Type Locality and Naming
Type section at Baiyan village in Lishui County, Zhejiang Province. Named by Chen Qishi, 1989, Jurassic-Cretaceous Biostratigraphy of Zhejiang, in Contribution to the Conference of Cretaceous System of South China, Nanjing: Nanking University Press
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
"Volcanic (extrusive) and sedimentary rock" [= the only description in Geol. Formation Names of China; Springer]
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Schematic "red Chinese Lexicon" strat column indicates the next older regional unit is the Maonong Fm of middle Jurassic.
Upper contact
Schematic "red Chinese Lexicon" strat column indicates the next younger regional unit is the Zhuke Fm.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Schematic strat column in previous "red Chinese Lexicon" implied that the Baiyancun Fm was Kimmeridgian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
154.78
Ending stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
149.24
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Information from Geological Formation Names of China (1866-2000), Springer