Taozikeng Fm
Period:
Devonian
Age Interval:
D32 (74), late Late Devonian
Province:
Fujian
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located nearby Taozikeng, Linbang of Longyan County, Fujian.
It was named by Fujian Regional Geological Survey in 1975.
Lithology and Thickness
Conglomerate. The formation is characterized by grayish-white, grayish-purple, purplish-red, light-gray and grayish-yellow sandy conglomerate, quartz sandstone and siltstone, with some limestones at top. The total thickness is 760 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
The formation has a conformable basal contact to underlying Tianwadong Fm.
Upper contact
The formation has a disconformable contact to the overlying Lindi Fm of Lower Carboniferous.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
It yields plant fossils Lepitophloeum rhombicum, Konrria sp., Sublepidodendron mirabile, etc.
Age
late Late Devonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Famennian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
371.10
Ending stage:
Famennian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
359.30
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
(Wang Shitao)