North of Yichang (Ordovician of China)

Where: Hubei, China (33.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 134.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nemagraptus gracilis graptolite zone, Upper Member (Miaopo Formation), Sandbian (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R.-b. Zhan, G. Wang, and R. Wu. 2010. Late Ordovician Foliomena Fauna (Brachiopoda) of South China. Journal of Earth Science 21:64-69 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186304: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
 Lingulida - Discinidae
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Lepidorthis sp. Wang 1955
Glyptorthis cataclina Zeng 1987
[Glyptorthis catalina]
 Orthida - Archaeorthidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Nubialba sp. Neuman 1994
Christiania sulcata Williams 1962
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
 Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
Diambonioidea transversa Zeng 1987
[Diamboniloidea transversa]
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella hubeiensis" = Leangella, "Diambonia miaopoensis" = Leangella, Bilobia yichangensis
"Leangella hubeiensis" = Leangella
"Diambonia miaopoensis" = Leangella
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963