Xiaosuihe (Silurian of China)

Where: Jilin, China (43.6° N, 126.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° S, 116.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sandstone Shale Member (Erdaogou Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale and sandstone

• "Erdaogou lies above a BA 3 unit and underlies a BA 4-5 unit; this comm. may represent BA 4, and a relatively normal, quiet water environment."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. T. Temple and H. J. Wu. 1990. Numerical taxonomy of Encrinurinae (Trilobita): additional species from China and elsewhere. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 83:209-219 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195152: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
? Stegerhynchus althi
? Stegerhynchella althi
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sinicus trilobite
Kuo 1962