M4 - Maocaopu section, sample level 4 (Ordovician of China)
Where: Hunan, China (29.3° N, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 138.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zitai Formation, Arenigian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Turvey in 1998-1999
Primary reference: S. T. Turvey. 2005. Early Ordovician (Arenig) trilobite palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the South China Plate. Palaeontology 48(3):519-547 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 116214: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• References focuses on trilobites.
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| Artiopoda | |
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Metagnostidae indet. Jaekel 1909 | |
| Trilobita | |
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Nileus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Aocaspis sp. Dolambi and Gond 1992 trilobite | |
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Lichidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite | |
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Illaenidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite | |