Upper Beds TangShan (Ordovician of China)

Where: JiangSu, China (32.0° N, 119.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.7° N, 80.9° E (Wright 2013)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Amplexograptus disjunctus yangtzeensis graptolite zone, Tangtou Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

• Upper half of formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, gray, yellow, cherty/siliceous lime mudstone and limestone

• grayish yellow to grayish brown calcareous muddy limestone with nodular limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. P. Tripp, Z. Zhou, and Z. Pan. 1989. Trilobites from the Upper Ordovician Tangtou Formation, Jiangsu Province, China. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 89:25-68 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192796: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus rugosus
Nileus rugosus trilobite
2
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge rotundata, Microparia adnascenta
Cyclopyge rotundata trilobite
6
Microparia adnascenta trilobite
1
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleuridinae indet.
Remopleuridinae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
1
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia (Shumardia) aculeata
 Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae
"? Ischyrophyma sp." = Celmus
"? Ischyrophyma sp." = Celmus Angelin 1854 trilobite
1
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Miaopopsis jiangningensis, Lonchodomas sp., Pseudampyxina trisegmentata
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
1
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Nankinolithus nankinensis
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide regalis
Dionide regalis trilobite
3
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Sinoharpes yunnanensis" = Dubhglasina yunnanensis
"Sinoharpes yunnanensis" = Dubhglasina yunnanensis Sheng 1974 trilobite
1
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Paraphillipsinella jiangensis
 Proetida - Rorringtoniidae
Madygenia communis
Madygenia communis Ju 1981 trilobite
1
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina convexa
Telephina convexa trilobite
3
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Diacanthaspis sp.
Diacanthaspis sp. Whittington 1941 trilobite
1
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Encrinurella tetrasulcata, Ovalocephalus decorosus, Ovalocephalus ovatus
Encrinurella tetrasulcata Ju 1981 trilobite
1
Ovalocephalus ovatus trilobite
2
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Lyrapyge ? gaoluoensis" = Sinocybele gaoluoensus
"Lyrapyge ? gaoluoensis" = Sinocybele gaoluoensus Zhou 1977 trilobite
1
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymenesun granulosa
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Corrugatagnostus jiangshanensis, Arthrorhachis aff. tarda
Arthrorhachis aff. tarda Barrande 1846
2