Where: Heibei Provence, China (41.0° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 131.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Liangchiashan Formation, Canadian (485.4 - 457.3 Ma)
• Comprises 160-230 m , late Canadian
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Trilobites only; Liangchiashan formation, location 12 horizon 3, Hebei provence, China
Primary reference: Z. Zhou and R. A. Fortey. 1986. Ordovician trilobites from north and northeastern China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 192:157-210 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157263: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Shaun Mahmood on 11.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Illaenus cf. hinomotoensis trilobite | |
Omuliovia cf. ulrichi trilobite |