Kaixinling Gr
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located in the vicinity of the Kaixinling Coal Mine near the No.90 Highway Maintenance Squad of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. It was named by the Qinghai Petroleum Bureau in 1957. Contains a lower Gadikao Fm and an upper Zhageyong Fm)
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone and Limestone. Grey-green and grey sandy slate, thick-bedded limestone, intermediate volcanic rocks and gypsum layers. Thickness of 2351.6 m.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Unconformable contact with the underlying strata of upper Devonian
Upper contact
Unconformable contact with the overlying Wuli Gr (Nayixiong Fm)
Regional extent
Distributed in the Jieza, Kaixinling and Nangqian areas
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Fossils
Fusulinida represented by Schwagerina, Misellina, Parafusulina, Neoschwagerina, Verbeekina, Yabeina, Pseudodoliolina; Brachiopods represented by Enteletes, Dictyoclostus, Plicatifera, Streptorhynchia.
Age
Depositional setting
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