Where: China (30.6° N, 119.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 124.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Metabolograptus persculptus graptolite zone, Wenchang Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Botting, Y. Zhang, and L. A. Muir. 2018. A candidate stem-group rossellid (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the latest Ordovician Anji Biota, China. Bulletin of Geosciences 93(3):275-285 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197688: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.11.2018

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