Wuli Gr
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located in the vicinity of the Kaixinling Coal Mine of the Zhiduo County, Qinghai Province. It was named by the Wuli Coal Prospecting and Reconnaissance Party under the Northwest China Coal Prospecting Administration in 1956, and was first cited by Yin Zanxun (1958) in the Additional Enlarged Edition to the "Regional Stratigraphic Chart of China (Draft)". Contains a lower Nayixiong Fm and an upper Qamarniu Fm).
Lithology and Thickness
Clastics and Coal. Composed of carbonaceous shale, siltstone, sandstone, limestone and coal seams. Its thickness is over 1255 m.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Uncertain contact with the underlying Kaixinling Gr (its uppermost unit is the Zhageyong), where there are missing such sedimentary strata as those of the Capitanian and lower Wuchiapingian Stage.
Upper contact
Regional extent
Distributed in the areas of Zhaliwaco-Mugeco, Kaixinling, Zhaqing Country and Dongmaolong.
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Fossils
Yields Brachiopods such as Oldhamina, Squamularia, Leptodus, Neowellerella, Hemiptychina, Enteletina, etc.; Plant fossils (phytolites) such as Lobatannularia, Neuropteridium, Ptychocarpus, Lepidodendron, Gigantonoclea, Gigantopteris.
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Depositional setting
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