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Zhengtang Formation

Zhengtang Fm


Period: 
Triassic

Age Interval: 
Early Early Triassic (TJ88)


Province: 
Zhejiang

Type Locality and Naming

Zhejiang Regional Stratigraphic Table Compilation Group was named in 1979. The named section is located in Zhengtang Yingwu Mountain, Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. The reference section is located in Dazipu, about 20 km southeast of Quzhou, Zhejiang. The Zhengtang Fm is a set of early Triassic clastic formations distributed from Jiangshan to Quzhou south of Zhejiang Province.

Synonym: Before the formation of the name, this stratum was called "Daye Limestone" by Liu Guochang et al. (1948). Later, due to the lack of fossil data, it was classified as "Lixian Coal Series".


Lithology and Thickness

It is dominated by fine clastic rocks. Lower part is calcareous siltstone, calcareous mudstone, and a small amount of dolomitic limestone. Upper part is mudstone, silty mudstone and siltstone. At the bottom, the calcareous siltstone is conformable with the underlying Upper Permian Dalong Fm of Upper Permian without peaking. Its thickness is 164 to 445 m.


Lithology Pattern: 
Siltstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

It is in conformable contact with the underlying Upper Permian Dalong Fm

Upper contact

Schematic stratigraphic section indicates next younger regional unit is the Wuzao Fm of uppermost Triassic.

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Bivalves: Pseudoclaraia wangi, Claraia fukinensis, C. concentrica, C. annulata, C. griesbachi, C. stachei and Eumorphotis sp. Ammonoids: Ophiceras sp., ?Gyronites sp. And gastropods and brachiopods.


Age 

Schematic stratigraphic section indicates an Induan age.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Induan

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
251.90

    Ending stage: 
Induan

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
249.88

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Zhang Shunxin, Zhou Ze and Tong Jinnan.