Protathyrisina-Gypidula Comm., Loc. H 13, Daerhanmaomingan, Inner Mongolia (Silurian to of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (40.7° N, 110.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 13.2° N, 113.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ludlow to Ludlow (427.4 - 419.2 Ma)

• "The age is uncertain, but somwhere in the range of Late Ludlovian to Late Pridolian is reasonable."

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous mudstone

• "The medium diversity fauna, plus the occurrence of Gypidula, is consistent with a BA 3 position, in a quiet-water environment as shown by the condition of articulation."
• "Most of the shells occur as articulated specimens in a gray, calcareous mudstone."

Collection methods: Table 14 (which includes specimen counts).

Primary reference: Y. Wang, A. J. Boucot, J.Y. Rong and X.C. Yang. 1987. Community paleoecology as a geologic tool: the Chinese Ashgillian-Eifelian (latest Ordovician through early Middle Devonian) as an example. Geological Society of America Special Paper 211:1-100 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25819: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 25.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
Stropheodontidae indet. Caster 1939
flat form
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Retziellidae
"Protathyrisina sp." = Retziella
"Protathyrisina sp." = Retziella Nikiforova 1937
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypoidea sp. Mitchell and Dun 1920
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
Lingulata
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Lingulata indet. Gorjansky and Popov 1985
linguloid
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite