AFI 4010. Chenjiahe section (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.9° N, 111.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 137.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Azygograptus suecicus graptolite zone, 1B Member (Dawan Formation), Dapingian (470.0 - 467.3 Ma)

• Member 1b in Turvey & Zhou 2002.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zhan, J. Jin, and P. Chen. 2007. Brachiopod diversification during the Early–Mid Ordovician: an example from the Dawan Formation, Yichang area, central China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:9-24 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186122: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Conodiscus sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
 Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Leptella grandis Xu et al. 1974
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
 Pentamerida - Clarkellidae
"Yangtzeella poloi" = Yangtzeella (Yangtzeella) poloi
"Yangtzeella poloi" = Yangtzeella (Yangtzeella) poloi Martelli 1901
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Nothorthis perplexa Xu and Liu 1984
 Orthida - Euorthisinidae
 Orthida - Plectorthidae