AFL 068 Tangtou hill (Silurian of China)

Where: Jiangxi, China (28.7° N, 118.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 122.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Akidograptus ascensus graptolite zone, Shiyang Formation, Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-Y. Rong and R.-B. Zhan. 2006. Surviving the end-Ordovician extinctions: evidence from the earliest Silurian brachiopods of northeastern Jiangxi and western Zhejiang provinces, East China. Lethaia 39(1):39-48 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151944: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
? Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
? Paracraniops sp., "Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius
? Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
"Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius Williams 1962
was 2 spc.
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Brevilamnulella kjerulfi Kiaer 1902
was 1 spc.
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae
Cathaysiorthis yushanensis Zeng and Hu 1997
was 87 spc.
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951
was 303 spc.
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
was 191 spc.
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena zheganensis Rong et al. 2013
was 92 spc.
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia (Fardenia) flexa n. sp. Rong et al. 2013
was 38 spc.