Yuntaiguan Fm
Period:
Devonian
Age Interval:
D22 , late Middle Devonian
Province:
Hubei
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located near Yutaiguan Temple of Dongqiao Town, Zhongqiang County, Hubei Province.
It was named by Yu Jianchang and Su Wenpo in 1929.
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone. The Yuntaiguan formation, 50-70 m thick, is characterized by a set of light-red and grayish-white pure quartz sandstones.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It may have a disconformable contact on the underlying Silurian.
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
The equivalent of the Formation in Hunan Province contains a few plant fossils of Protolepidodendron scharyanum.
Age
late Middle Devonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Givetian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
385.30
Ending stage:
Givetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
378.90
Depositional setting
It is interpreted as a near-shore deposits during a marine transgression.
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
(Wang Shitao)