Hoang Mai Fm
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located the limestone massif situated near Hoang Mai Village, Quynh Luu District, Nghe An Province (N= 19° 35‘; E= 105°43’). It was named by the village.
Synonym: Hệ tầng Hoàng Mai: Jamoida A.I., Marcichev A.M. (in Dovjikov A.E. et al. 1965 - Nori); Vũ Khúc (in VŨ Khúc et al. 1965 - Nori), (in Tống Duy Thanh et al. 1995 - Anisi), (in Vũ Khúc et al. 2000 - Anisi). Calcaire triasique: Jacob c. 1921. - Calcaìre de Khoa Truong: Jacob c ., 1921 (Trias). - Bậc Anisi (part.): Vũ Khúc, Trịnh Thọ (in Trần Vãn Trị et al. 1977); Vũ Khúc, Trịnh Thọ (ĨM Dương Xuân Hào eí al. 1980). - Điệp Đồng Trầu (part.): Vũ Khúc 1980,1990 (Anisi); Đặng Trần Quân et al. 1996 (Anisi); Vũ Khúc, Bùi Phú Mỹ et al, 1989 (Anisi). - Hệ tầng Dồng Trầu (part.).' Đặng '['rần Quân, Lê Duy Bách, Nguyễn Văn Hoành et al. 1996; Lê Duy Bách, Đặng Trần Quân et al. 1996; Nguyễn Quang Trung ei al. 1996; Trần Nghĩa et al. 1996. - Hệ tầng Động Hà (part.): Vù Mạnh Điển et al 1999
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone and marl; (1). Grey marl intcrbedded with calcareous siltstone, 80 m thick; containing the bivalves Costatoria curvirostris and c. proharpa. (2). Grey, dark grey, medium-bedded limestone locally bearing either bitumen or chert, 400-450 m thick; containing the ammonoid Leiophyllites sp., the bivalve Gervillia aff. praecursor), and the brachiopods Adygella hoangmaiensis, and Coenothyris angusta.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Unconformably upon the Dong Trau Fm volcanics of late Anisian.
Upper contact
Uppermost limestone member gradually grades upwards into the clay-rich Quy Lang Fm of Ladinian age.
Regional extent
Occurs in southern Thanh Hoa – northern Nge An provinces.
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Fossils
Coenothyris vulgaris, Aulacolhyris angusta, Adygella hoangmaiensis, Mentzelia mentzelii, and Hoicorhynchia bogumilorum.
Age
Depositional setting
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