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Outangdi Formation

Outangdi Fm


Period: 
Carboniferous

Age Interval: 
C21−C12 (52), late Early to early Late Carboniferous


Province: 
Zhejiang, Jiangxi

Type Locality and Naming

The type section lies east of Outangdi Village, Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. It was named by Lu Yanhao et al. in 1955.


Lithology and Thickness

Conglomerate to Siltstone, and Dolomite. Composed of quartz conglomerate interbedded with purple-red sandstone and siltstone. The upper part is intercalated with dolomite of limestone lenses. Thickness is 28−192 m at Jiangshan type section.


Lithology Pattern: 
Coarse-grained sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformably contact over the Yejiatang Fm; or unconformably directly over the Zhuzangwu Fm with quartz conglomerate

Upper contact

Conformable continuous transition to the overlying Laohudong or Huanglong or Chuanshan Fm.

Regional extent

The thickness varies greatly: being 0.5−10 m at Yushan of Jiangxi; Changshan, Jiande and Xindeng of Zhejiang and northern Zhejiang, where the overlying stratum is the Laohudong Fm; 28−192 m at Jiangshan, Quzhou and Lanxi of Zhejiang, where the overlying stratum is the Huanglong Fm; >200 m at Dazhou of Quxian County, Zhejiang, where the overlying stratum is the Chuanshan Fm. The formation is not seen in the vicinity of Hangzhou.


GeoJSON

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Fossils

The main fossils are Fusulinids Profusulinella sp., Pseudostaffella sp., Eofusulina sp., etc.; Corals Caninia sp. and Michelina sp.; and Brachiopods Choristites abnormali, Spiriferella media, Dictyoclostus sp., Eomarginifera sp., etc.


Age 

late Early Carboniferous−early Late Carboniferous

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Serpukhovian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.55

    Beginning date (Ma): 
326.52

    Ending stage: 
Kasimovian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.5

    Ending date (Ma):  
305.35

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Fang Bingxing