Fanjiaping Fm
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located at Fanjiaping, Yunxi County, Hubei. It was named by Zhu Hongyuan et al. in 1992.
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone and Sandstone. Composed mainly of gray and dark-gray biocalcirudite and gray-white dolomitic limestone intercalated with yellow-gray moderately thick to thick-bedded quartzose sandstone. Thickness 308.7 m.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable contact with the underlying Yuanjiagou Fm
Upper contact
Conformable contact with the overlying Upper Carboniferous Xiaoyaozi Fm
Regional extent
Distributed in the northwestern Hubei and southern Shaanxi areas. This formation can be correlated with the Shidengzi Fm to the Zimenqiao Fm of central Hunan, and equivalent to the Lueyang Fm at Wudu, Gansu. Coeval with the Sixiakou Fm (same column 44).
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Fossils
Abundant Corals, with the Yuanophyllum zone in the lower part, and Palaeosmilia-Lithostrotion assemblage zone in the upper part
Age
Depositional setting
It is interpreted as a littoral facies
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