AFL 002 (Silurian of China)

Also known as AFL2

Where: Zhejiang, China (29.0° N, 118.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 122.8° E)

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Rong, B. Huang, R. B. Zhan and D. A. Harper. 2013. Latest Ordovician and earliest Silurian brachiopods succeeding the Hirnantia fauna in south-east China. Special Papers in Palaeontology 90:1-142 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168061: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina putilla Hall and Clarke 1894
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828