Where: Jilin , China (43.6° N, 125.2° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 131.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Liangjiashan Formation, Tremadocian to Tremadocian (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; flat-pebble lime mudstone and shelly/skeletal wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: S. Z. Guo. 1983. The receptaculitid Soanites from the Early Ordovician of China. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 1:75-84 [W. Kiessling/Q. Li]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154815: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Qijian Li on 14.03.2014, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Soanites delicatus Guo 1983 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hardmanoceras sp. Teichert and Glenister 1952 | |
Gastropoda | |
Ophileta plana Grabau 1922 snail | |
Radiocyatha | |
Calathium sp. Billings 1865 | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Labechia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Archaeoscyphia chihliense demosponge |