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Zhucangwu Formation

Zhucangwu Fm

Period: 
Carboniferous

Age Interval: 
D33−C11 (52), late-Late Devonian to early-Early Carboniferous


Province: 
Zhejiang

Type Locality and Naming

The type section is lies in the gully of Zhucaowu Village at Linghu, 12 km north of Changshan County Seat, Zhejiang. It was named by Jiang Shengzhi et al. in 1963.


Lithology and Thickness

Sandstone. Composed of interbedded pebbly sandstone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone, characterized by purple and gray interbeds. 39.8−195.5 m thick


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformable contact with the underlying Xihu Fm

Upper contact

Disconformable contact with the overlying Yejiatang Fm and Laohu Fm.

Regional extent

Distributed in western Zhejiang and the Yushan area of Jiangxi


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Plants Lepidodendropsis cf. hirmeri, Sublepidodendron mirabile, Eolepidodendron wusihense, Bothrodendron fuyangense, Sphenophyllum sp., Sphenopteridium sp. and Leptophloeum rhombicum.


Age 

late Late Devonian to early Early Carboniferous

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Tournaisian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
359.30

    Ending stage: 
Tournaisian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
346.73

Depositional setting

It is interpreted as continental deposits


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Fang Bingxing