Unit 20, Fenxiang Fm., Upper Mbr., Huanghuachang and Yiching, Hubei Prov., China ( of China)

Where: Hubei, China (33.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 145.5° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Fengxiang Formation), Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate and shale

Primary reference: X. Wang, L. Xian, S. Ni, Q. Zheng, G. Xu, T. Zhou, C. Lai and Z. Li. 1987. Biostratigraphy of the Yangtze Gorge Area. Part (2) Early Paleozoic Era. Geological Publishing House, Beijing 43-142 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4730: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp.
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Conodonta
 Proconodontida - Proconodontidae
Proconodontus sp.
Proconodontus sp. Miller 1969 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus sp., Paroistodus sp., Paltodus sp.
Drepanoistodus sp. Lindstrom 1971 conodont
Paroistodus sp. Lindström 1971 conodont
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
Acodus sp.
Acodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Psilocephalina sp.
Psilocephalina sp. Hsu 1948 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Punctolira sp.
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia sp.
Tritoechia sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936