AFL 130 50 m south of Wenchang Town (Silurian of China)

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

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Akidograptus ascensus graptolite zone, Anji 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 151945: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina putilla Hall and Clarke 1894
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951
was 20 spc.
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
 Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae
Cathaysiorthis yushanensis Zeng and Hu 1997
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis multicostellata n. sp. Rong et al. 2013
Dolerorthis (Dolerorthis) multicostellata on table, but not in systematics section.
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia (Fardenia) flexa Rong et al. 2013
was 1 spc.
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena zheganensis Rong et al. 2013
was 2 spc.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
was 1 spc.
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius
"Paracraniops cf. pararia" = Paracraniops pararius Williams 1962
was 2 spc.