Longmucuo Gr
Type Locality and Naming
The type section lies at Wenquangou, southeast of Lungmu Co, Rutog County, Tibet. It was named by Zhang Bingao et al. in 1984.
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone. A suite of carbonate rocks. Lower part consists of gray moderately thick-bedded limestone; Upper part is of gray-white massive limestone and gray-black thin-bedded clayey limestone, with dark purple quartz sandstone at top. Thickness >66 m.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Unknown: Bottom boundary is unclear
Upper contact
Unknown: Top boundary is unclear
Regional extent
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Fossils
Lower part yields Fusulinids Triticites altus, Boultonia willsi, Pseudofusulina ovata and Schwagerina guembeli pseudoregularis. Upper part limestone contains Bryozoans Meekopora rutogensis, Goniocladia indica, Fenestella perelegans and Polypora sinovaricellata, as well as Brachiopod Ortheteles sp.,
Age
Depositional setting
It is interpreted as normal littoral-neritic deposits
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