Wutubulake Formation (Bed 3) near Wutubulak, Hoboksar, Xinjiang Province (Silurian of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (46.8° N, 85.7° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 70.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wutubulake Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Except where otherwise stated, ref. 7624 uses Lower Silurian as equivalent to Llandovery, Middle Silurian as equivalent to Wenlock, and Upper Silurian as equivalent to Ludlow plus Pridoli.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous, gray, green sandstone and limestone

• Ref. 4053: "Grey-green tuffaceous fine to coarse-grained sandstone intercalated with lenticular limestone."

Collection methods: See PBDB coll. 10931 for bed 4.

Primary reference: E.-z. Mu, A. J. Boucot, X. Chen and J.-y. Rong. 1986. Correlation of the Silurian rocks of China. In A. J. Boucot and W. B. N. Berry (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 202:1-80 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27916: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.01.2003

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae