Zhongpeng Fm
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located at Zhongpeng of Xiashan Village, Yudu County of Jiangxi Province.
It was named by Regional Geological Survey of Jiangxi in 1966.
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone. The Formation is mainly composed of grayish-white, grayish-green and grayish-purple feldspar quartz sandstone and feldspar sandstone intercalated with purplish-red and yellowish-green siltstone and shale and some beds of calcareous fine-grained sandstone.
It is 300 m thick at the type section.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
The Formation is distributed in the south of Jiangxi: Yudu, Congyi and Xinfeng.
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Fossils
It yields plant Sphenopteridium sp., Leptophloeum rhombicum, Cyclostigma kiltorkensis, Sublepidodendron sp.;
brachiopoda Tenticospirifer sp.; and
fish Bothriolepis spp.
Age
Depositional setting
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