Daozimiao section (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hubei, China (31.0° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 128.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Dicellograptus complanatus graptolite zone, Huangnekang Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Zhan and Jin in 2003

Primary reference: R.-B. Zhan and J. Jin. 2005. New data on the Foliomena fauna (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Ordovician of South China. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):670-686 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 114989: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 26.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Trinodus sinensis
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Ovalocephalus decorosus
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Parisoceraurus rectangulus
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyxinella costata, Taklamakania sp.
Ampyxinella costata Lu 1975 trilobite
Taklamakania sp. Zhang 1980 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanellidae indet., Dedzetina sp.
Dalmanellidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
? Anazyga sp.
? Anazyga sp. Davidson 1882
 Atrypida - Cyclospiridae
Cyclospira sp.
Cyclospira sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophinidae indet.
Parastrophinidae indet. Ulrich and Cooper 1938
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Foliomena folium
Foliomena folium Barrande 1879
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Jingshanella surculosa, Anisopleurella sp., Hadroskolos pentastichos
Jingshanella surculosa Zhan and Jin 2005
Anisopleurella sp. Cooper 1956
Hadroskolos pentastichos Zhan and Jin 2005
 Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Diambonioidea transversa
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania aff. portlocki
Christiania aff. portlocki Mitchell 1977
Christiania sp., but given as similar to C. portlocki
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Plectoglossa sp.
Plectoglossa sp. Cooper 1956