XingChang Fm., XingChang, GuangDong Province, China ( of China)

Where: GuangDong, China (22.0° N, 112.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° N, 135.4° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Xingchang Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified, gray, green shale and sandstone

• Grey-green to purplish-red muddy shale interbedded with fine-grained quartz sandstone

Primary reference: R. Jin and S. Cai. 1988. Regional Geology of GuangDong Province. Special Publication of China Minister of Geology and Mining, No.9. Geology Publishing House 1-? [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4675: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 15.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Staurograptus sp., Adelograptus sp., Anisograptus sp., Bryograptus sp.
Adelograptus sp. Bulman 1941 graptolite
Anisograptus sp. Ruedemann 1937 graptolite
Bryograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Clonograptus sp., Didymograptus sp.
Clonograptus sp. Nicholson 1873 graptolite
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae
Caryocaris sp.
Caryocaris sp. Salter 1863