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Dongtujinhe Formation

Dongtujinhe Fm


Period: 
Carboniferous

Age Interval: 
C2 (7), middle Late Carboniferous


Province: 
Xinjiang

Type Locality and Naming

The type section is located at Dongtujinhe (44°15′20″N, 82°24′20″E), Ili, Xinjiang. It was named by Wu Naiyuan in 1981.


Lithology and Thickness

Limestone and Siltstone. It is composed of a suite of marine carbonate rocks and clastic rocks. Gray to black-gray limestone and marble, intercalated with siltstone, sandstone, slate, shale and conglomerate, exposed thickness 1300−1400 m. Regional distribution of the formation is quite stable, and variation of the thickness is not great.


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Unconformably overlapping the Hanjiga Fm or Akeshak Fm

Upper contact

Regional extent

Distributed at Boluohuolo Mt., Hanjiga Mt., and the south slope of Junggaratao Mt., in a NW-SE extension.


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Fusulinids Fusulina aminodiscus, Schbubertella obscra, Fusulinella aljutovella and Prosusulinella; corals Chaetetes luinchoi, Cystophora sp., Sinopora sp. and Patalaxis sp.; Brachiopods Dictyoclostus taldybnlamensis, Choristites transversus and Echinoconchus punctatus, as well as bryozoans, bivalves, gastropods, trilobites, Ammonoids, phytoclasts, etc.


Age 

middle Late Carboniferous

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Moscovian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
315.15

    Ending stage: 
Moscovian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
307.02

Depositional setting

It is interpreted as marine carbonate and clastics


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Zhang Zixin