Where: Guizhou, China (27.6° N, 105.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 128.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kuanyinchiao Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original silica

Primary reference: J.-Y. Rong and R.-Y. Li. 1999. A silicified Hirnantia Fauna (latest Ordovician brachiopods) from Guizhou, Southwest China. Journal of Paleontology 73(5):831-849 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153322: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 09.12.2013

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