AFL 140 50 m south of Wenchang Town (Silurian of China)

Where: ZheJiang, China (28.7° N, 118.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 122.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Akidograptus ascensus graptolite zone, Anji Formation, Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• Just below bed at AFL130

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Rong, B. Huang, R. B. Zhan and D. A. Harper. 2013. Latest Ordovician and earliest Silurian brachiopods succeeding the Hirnantia fauna in south-east China. Special Papers in Palaeontology 90:1-142 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168825: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 30.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia (Fardenia) flexa Rong et al. 2013
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena zheganensis Rong et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
 Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae
Cathaysiorthis yushanensis Zeng and Hu 1997
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
? Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909