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Hongmao Formation
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Hongmao Fm base reconstruction

Hongmao Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Early Cretaceous, (43a)


Province: 
Guangdong, Hainan

Type Locality and Naming

Hainan Island. Upper formation of the Lumuwan Gr.

Synonym: upper Lumuwan Fm


Lithology and Thickness

Mainly fine-grained sandstone. Implied by description of Baowan Fm to have volcanics in uppermost part. About 50 m thick in Baisha Basin.


Lithology Pattern: 
Fine-grained sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformable onto Namei Fm (lower Lumuwan Gr).

Upper contact

Regional extent

Mainly occurs in the Baisha-Ledong, Yangjiang-Qionghai, Changpo-Dongjiang, Leiming and Sanya basins of the Hainan Island


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Aptian to Early Albian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Albian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.2

    Beginning date (Ma): 
110.66

    Ending stage: 
Albian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.7

    Ending date (Ma):  
104.31

Depositional setting


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